Richard Bauckham and the Decapolis
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:32 am
Most problematic is his definition of the Decapolis:Kunigunde Kreuzerin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:52 am
I was very curious about how Bauckham dealt with the famous problems of Mark 5:1 (Gerasa/Gadara) and Mark 7:31 (the way from Tyre via Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the midst of the Decapolis). But he preferred the minor variant „Gergesa“ (an unknown town) at Mark 5:1 and did not comment on Mark 7:31. This is a little disappointing.
"There is also a reference to 'the region of the Decapolis,' a vague reference to the land that lay beyond the lake from Gergesa southwards."
https://books.google.com/books?id=kMvLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA12
https://web.archive.org/web/20140912031 ... Denver.pdf
Decapolis is a large region consisting of ten cities, and went north to Damascus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis
Matthew 4:25 (AV)
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee,
and from Decapolis,
and from Jerusalem,
and from Judaea,
and from beyond Jordan.
Mark 5:20 (AV)
And he departed,
and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
Mark 7:31 (AV)
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon,
he came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.