Compassion and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus /
Why does the Gospel of Mark make specific and repeated reference to the compassion of Jesus in the miracle stories? This volume discusses the function that compassion has in the Markan characterization of Jesus, particularly in how the terminology employed depicts Jesus as entering the suffering of...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2024.
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Biblical Interpretation Series ;
223.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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Call Number: BS709.4
- Acknowledgments XI
- 1 Emotions and the Miracles of Jesus
- 1 Purpose and Course of Study
- 2 Miracle Studies and the Treatment of Jesus's Emotions
- 3 Markan Character Studies and the Treatment of Jesus's Emotions
- 4 Emotions and the Bible
- 5 Methodological Points
- 2 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Greco-Roman Literature
- 1 Emotions in Ancient Literature
- 2 Emotion in Greco-Roman Miracle Stories
- 3 Summary of Findings
- 3 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Jewish Literature
- 1 Emotion in Jewish Miracle Stories
- 2 Summary of Findings from Second Temple Jewish Literature
- 3 Conclusion: Emotions in Greco-Roman and Jewish Miracle Stories
- 4 ΠΛΑΓΧΝΟΝ in Ancient Literature and the Emergence of ΣΠΛΑΓΧΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
- 1 Σπλάγχνον in Greco-Roman Literature
- 2 Σπλάγχνον in Hellenistic Jewish Literature
- 3 Early Christian Literature
- 4 Concluding Observations
- 5 ΣΠΛΑΓΧΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ and the Markan Jesus
- 1 The Emotions of Jesus in Mark
- 2 A Role for Emotions in the Characterization of Jesus in Mark
- 3 Mark's Narrative and the Miracle Stories
- 4 Jesus's Compassion in Individual Miracle Stories
- 5 The Role of σπλαγχνίζομαι in the Characterization of Jesus in Mark
- 6 Conclusion
- 1 Areas for Further Study
- 2 Compassion and Today
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Ancient Sources.