| The Pivotal Role of the Fig-Tree Story in the Gospel of Mark 11 Contributor(s): Gossai, Hemchand (Other), Song, Yil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433143364 ISBN-13: 9781433143366 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $116.37 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - Canon & Ecclesiastical Law - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 226.306 |
| LCCN: 2017056658 |
| Series: Studies in Biblical Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.92 lbs) 186 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book pays special attention to the hermeneutical location where the fig-tree story appears in Mark 11; it is situated between Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his Temple incident in Mark 11. The fig-tree story plays a pivotal role in understanding the stories immediatlely preceding and following it. It reverses the mode of Jesus' entry from being triumphal to untriumphal, and convinces the first Markan readers to feel at ease in confronting Jesus' outrage in the Temple. The way in which Jesus entered Jerusalem contradicts the common description of the entry as a triumphant one. Additionally, the story finds a proper solution to the problem of Jesus' actions in the Temple being shockingly in contrast to his overall character as revealed through the Markan Gospel. |