While I have great respect for Michael Turton as a person, I've never quite grasped the chiasms he perceives to be in Mark. (Stephen Carlson, interestingly enough, has said that he thinks that Turton has seen something in Mark).JoeWallack wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 4:43 pm The legendary Vorkosigan has an even better chiasm of the offending excerpt from GMark than I do:
Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Chapter 10
I see also that Yuri Kuchinsky of all people anticipated my point about the Rich Man not being young in Mark and Luke.
And who is offended by that excerpt?
What is scope? Explanatory power?Ken, the also legendary Ben Smith was equally skeptical about chiasms.
I think they are one of the best criteria of Internal evidence because they have scope.
I believe there are chiasms that are intentionally used by authors of ancient texts. I might be able to come up with some examples if I tried. It's just that the bar for claiming to have found a chiasm in an ancient author's work is often set much too low.
Best,
Ken