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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Markdi Dennis R. MacDonald
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I have made extensive notes from this book and placed them online here -- and added more of my own observations as well. MacDonald's thesis is that Mark deliberately used Homer as a model and planted flags within his text that make this clear. His argument is sufficiently thorough and convincing that one can't merely dismiss it as just another theory. My primary reservation is that I don't have enough experience in this area to decide at once if similar parallels with other works might be possible. Certainly, any charismatic leader whose popularity grows must find themself in similar situations with crowds and critics. Perhaps for that same reason such events are part of the human experience conveyed in Homer's epics. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognize the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark was composing a prose anti-epic, MacDonald says, presenting Jesus as a suffering hero modeled after but far superior to traditional Greek heroes. Much like Odysseus, Mark's Jesus sails the seas with uncomprehending companions, encounters preternatural opponents, and suffers many things before confronting rivals who have made his house a den of thieves. In his death and burial, Jesus emulates Hector, although unlike Hector Jesus leaves his tomb empty. Mark's minor characters, too, recall Homeric predecessors: Bartimaeus emulates Tiresias; Joseph of Arimathea, Priam; and the women at the tomb, Helen, Hecuba, and Andromache. And, entire episodes in Mark mirror Homeric episodes, including stilling the sea, walking on water, feeding the multitudes, the Triumphal Entry, and Gethsemane. The book concludes with a discussion of the profound significance of this new reading of Mark for understanding the gospels and early Christianity. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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