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“Jericho” in the Gospel of Mark: A new explanation

Posted on December 18, 2021December 21, 2021 by Danila Oder

Summary Did Mark write a scene set in Jericho, now missing (Mk 10:46)? In my book, The Two Gospels of Mark: Performance and Text, I assumed that he did. I’ve changed my mind. There was never a scene set in Jericho in the Gospel of Mark. The audience saw a large crowd (the Chorus) carrying…

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Why I think Mark wrote a play

Posted on November 28, 2021May 13, 2022 by Danila Oder

Here I will defend my theory that Mark wrote a play that was performed on a stage, and a narrative text that condensed the play, a text we know as the Gospel of Mark. This post supplements the (referenced) discussion in my book, The Two Gospels of Mark: Performance and Text. The genre of the…

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The Carmignac Challenge, Part II of III: Semitisms in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew

Posted on August 21, 2021November 1, 2021 by Danila Oder

​Summary In the Abbé Jean Carmignac’s short book, The Birth of the Synoptic Gospels (Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1983), he identifies and classifies Semitisms in the synoptic gospels. He evaluates the value of the listed Semitisms as supporting evidence for his theory that the synoptic gospels were originally written in a Semitic language (GMark and…

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The Carmignac Challenge, Part I of III: Yes, a Hebrew Gospel of Mark

Posted on August 20, 2021February 19, 2022 by Danila Oder

​Executive Summary The Abbé Jean Carmignac was a learned translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls. When he translated the Gospel of Mark from Greek into Qumran Hebrew, Carmignac noticed that the translation was “extremely easy.” He also noticed many Semitisms—linguistic features of the Greek that seemed to have been translated from a Semitic language—in the…

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What is the meaning of “Boanerges”?

Posted on July 22, 2021October 31, 2021 by Danila Oder

In Mk 3:17 Jesus gives two disciples the nickname “Boanerges”; the text explains that the meaning of “Boanerges” is “Sons of Thunder.” The problem is that “Boanerges” is not good Aramaic. As Wikipedia says, “Given the Greek translation that comes with it (‘Sons of Thunder’), it seems that the first element of the name is…

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The Bethsaida section, Part III: The editing

Posted on February 18, 2021November 1, 2021 by Danila Oder

Summary In my book, The Two Gospels of Mark: Performance and Text, I discuss the current Bethsaida section in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 6:45-8:26). I review the staging of each scene, and explain why I think some scenes are original and some are by an editor. These three blog posts build on that discussion….

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The Bethsaida section, Part II: The original sequence

Posted on February 3, 2021October 31, 2021 by Danila Oder

Summary In Part I, I argued that the role of the blind man of Bethsaida was played by Titus Flavius Clemens. Clemens was honored in the scene, and Mark wrote the scene for that purpose. Here, I build on Part I. I discuss the second feeding miracle in the Gospel of Mark. I propose that…

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The Bethsaida section, Part I: The blind man of Bethsaida scene

Posted on January 13, 2021October 31, 2021 by Danila Oder

Summary This post extrapolates from the discussion of the blind man of Bethsaida scene in my book, The Two Gospels of Mark: Performance and Text. Here, I review elements of the scene (Mk 8:22-26). I imagine how the scene was staged. I conclude that the scene made sense only in the world of the audience….

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The Joseph of Arimathea scene in the Gospel of Mark, revisited

Posted on December 25, 2020November 1, 2021 by Danila Oder

Summary When I wrote my book, The Two Gospels of Mark: Performance and Text, I assumed that the received text of the Joseph of Arimathea scene in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 15:42-46) preserved the performance of Mark’s play. I assumed that the audience heard the spoken words “Iōsēph ho apo Harimathaias.” I assumed that…

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Dramatic enactment of the Gospel of Mark by actor Max McLean

Posted on October 8, 2020November 1, 2021 by Danila Oder

A YouTube search yields several dramatic readings of the Gospel of Mark, including an excellent one by actor David Suchet. But the dramatic enactment of the Gospel of Mark by actor Max McLean is in a class by itself. McLean dramatizes the dialogue. He uses the stage and all of the actor’s craft to keep…

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Recommended links

  • The blog Vridar
  • Michael Turton's Historical Commentary on GMark
  • Early Christian Writings, a resource
  • Russell Gmirkin, writer and editor
  • Nailed, a popular introduction to Jesus mythicism
  • Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
  • Robert M. Price's site
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