Compassion and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series ; v.223
• Author: Bryant, Jonathan.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Interpretation Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 pages)

This volume discusses the role of compassion in the portrayal of the Markan Jesus, reshaping our view of his encounters with human need. It analyzes the depictions of miracle workers from the ancient world and underscores Mark's portrayal as exceptional.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- 8 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Greco-Roman Literature -- 1 Emotions in Ancient Literature -- 2 Emotion in Greco-Roman Miracle Stories -- 2.1 The Gods -- 2.1.1 Homeric Works -- 2.1.1.1 The Iliad -- 2.1.1.2 The Odyssey -- 2.1.2 Greco-Roman Miracle Accounts from the Second Temple Period -- 2.1.2.1 Zeus -- 2.1.2.2 Asclepius -- 2.1.2.3 Isis -- 2.2 Human Figures -- 2.2.1 A Note on Apollonius of Tyana -- 3 Summary of Findings -- 3 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Jewish Literature -- 1 Emotion in Jewish Miracle Stories -- 1.1 Hebrew Scriptures -- 1.2 The Greek Scriptures -- 1.3 Josephus and Philo -- 1.3.1 Josephus -- 1.3.1.1 Anger and the Miracle Worker -- 1.3.1.2 Pity and the Miracle Worker -- 1.3.2 Philo -- 1.3.2.1 On the Life of Moses -- 1.3.2.2 On the Life of Abraham -- 1.4 Rewritten Scripture -- 1.4.1 Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum -- 1.4.1.1 LAB 10.2-6 -- 1.4.1.2 LAB 16.1-7 -- 1.4.2 Jubilees -- 1.4.2.1 Jubilees 10:1-14 -- 1.4.2.2 Jubilees 28:9-24 -- 1.4.3 Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) -- 1.4.3.1 Gen. Apoc. 19-20 -- 1.4.4 Ezekiel the Tragedian's Exagōgē -- 1.5 Wisdom Texts -- 1.5.1 Wisdom of Solomon -- 1.5.1.1 Wisdom 11:1-14 -- 1.5.1.2 Wisdom 16:5-14 -- 1.5.1.3 Wisdom 18:20-25 -- 1.5.1.4 Wisdom 19:1-5 -- 1.5.2 Sirach -- 1.5.2.1 Sirach 45:18-22 -- 1.5.2.2 Sirach 45:23-24 -- 1.5.2.3 Sirach 48:17-22 -- 1.6 Second Temple Period Narratives -- 1.6.1 Tobit -- 1.6.2 2 Maccabees -- 1.6.2.1 2 Macc 3:14-28 -- 1.6.2.2 2 Macc 8:1-29 -- 1.6.2.3 2 Macc 11:6-12.

1.6.2.4 2 Macc 13:9-17 -- 1.6.3 3 Maccabees -- 1.6.3.1 3 Macc 2:19-20 -- 1.6.3.2 3 Macc 5:1-6:41 -- 1.6.4 4 Maccabees -- 1.6.4.1 4 Macc 4:1-14 -- 1.7 Other Texts -- 1.7.1 Life of Adam and Eve (Apocalypse of Moses) -- 1.7.1.1 Apoc. Mos. 8-13 (Life 34-42) -- 1.7.2 Testament of Abraham -- 1.7.2.1 Test. Abr. 3.7-12 (Rec. A) -- 3.7-10 (Rec. B) -- 1.7.2.2 Test. Abr. 10.4-15 (Rec. A) -- 12.1-14 (Rec. B) -- 1.8 A Note on Honi the Circle Drawer and Hanina ben Dosa -- 2 Summary of Findings from Second Temple Jewish Literature -- 3 Conclusion: Emotions in Greco-Roman and Jewish Miracle Stories -- 4 Σπλάγχνον in Ancient Literature and the Emergence of Σπλαγχνίζομαι -- 1 Σπλάγχνον in Greco-Roman Literature -- 2 Σπλάγχνον in Hellenistic Jewish Literature -- 3 Early Christian Literature -- 4 Concluding Observations -- 5 Σπλαγχνίζομαι 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 -- 3.1 The Gospel's Opening -- 3.2 The Arrival of God's Kingdom -- 3.3 Conflict -- 3.4 Understanding the Kingdom and Its Agent -- 3.5 The Passion Week and the Kingdom -- 4 Jesus's Compassion in Individual Miracle Stories -- 4.1 Mark 1:40-45: Healing of a Man with Leprosy -- 4.2 Mark 6:30-44: Feeding of the Five Thousand -- 4.3 Mark 8:1-10: Feeding of the Four Thousand -- 4.4 Mark 9:14-29: Healing of a Boy with an Evil Spirit -- 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 Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects -- Back Cover.