Brothers divided: Levi and James of Alphaeus
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:22 pm
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Some forum threads have already been dedicated to Levi of Alphaeus and James of Alphaeus. The most ambitious members were Ben and Greg, both of whom seek a solution in assumed sources of GMark and pre-Markan traditions.
to answer the question of what "Markan" reason Levi is not called among the Twelve, but James is.
To set the stage, I will begin with a little observation:
In GMark there are a number of persons who are described with an inflected homonym. In Greek, these designations are formed by the first name, article and additionally the inflected father's name or son's name, e.g.:
It is exclusively about the following people.
I would like to draw particular attention to the following point.
Some forum threads have already been dedicated to Levi of Alphaeus and James of Alphaeus. The most ambitious members were Ben and Greg, both of whom seek a solution in assumed sources of GMark and pre-Markan traditions.
In contrast, this thread presupposesBen C. Smith wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:56 pm For those of us who think that there are probably lost texts and traditions behind all of our extant gospel materials, trying to figure out what those lost texts and traditions might have looked like can prove an irresistable temptation. By definition, we do not possess the purported lost materials, and it is not impossible that we are mistaken about their very existence, so by necessity we are relying mainly upon internal evidence rather than external. That is just the nature of the sport. It is a matter of coming up with informed and cohesive conjectures.
My current playing field involves the gospel characters known as Levi ...
- absolute Markan priority
- that the pericopes of GMark are related in terms of content
- that GMark is dependent on Paul's letters
- that "Levi" is original in Mark 2:14
- that Levi of Alphaeus and James of Alphaeus should be interpreted as brothers by the reader
- that the pericopes of GMark are related in terms of content
- that GMark is dependent on Paul's letters
- that "Levi" is original in Mark 2:14
- that Levi of Alphaeus and James of Alphaeus should be interpreted as brothers by the reader
to answer the question of what "Markan" reason Levi is not called among the Twelve, but James is.
To set the stage, I will begin with a little observation:
In GMark there are a number of persons who are described with an inflected homonym. In Greek, these designations are formed by the first name, article and additionally the inflected father's name or son's name, e.g.:
Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου | Μαρία ἡ Ἰακώβου |
literally: James the (one) (of) the Zebedee | literally: Mary the (of) James |
It is exclusively about the following people.
Mark 1:19, 3:17, (10:35) | James of Zebedee and his brother John |
Mark 2:14, 3:18 | Levi of Alphaeus and James of Alphaeus |
Mark 15:40 15:47 16:1 | Mary of James the least and mother of Joses Mary of Joses Mary of James (assuming that this Mary is just one person) |
I would like to draw particular attention to the following point.
There are always two brothers involved and one of them is always called James and it starts and ends with James.