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Jesus the Oracle
Reading Mark in Roman Egypt
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2023
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In Jesus the Oracle, Annelies Gisela Moeser reads Jesus’s journey from Capernaum to Jerusalem in Mark’s gospel through the cultural context of second/third century Roman Egypt. Moeser provides a rich description of the Egyptian practice of oracles, including processional oracles, to build a model with which to read Mark. This prism brings attention to descriptions of Jesus’s supernatural knowledge and wisdom, such as in the story of the Rich Man (Mk 10:17–22). In contrast to Clement of Alexandria’s homily on the Rich Man which counseled detachment from possessions, this reading from a non-elite perspective considers Jesus’s advice to be more radical. This model of processional oracles highlights the importance of access to the divine, including by non-elite crowds, by persons with disabilities (e.g., in comparing Bartimaeus [Mk 10:46–52] with Gemellus Horion of Karanis [a town in Egypt]), and by children. Traditional Egyptian religion upheld the existing sociopolitical regime. However, Jesus’s procession and proclamation of the basileia (reign) of G*d subverts the Roman world order and that of their local, elite allies.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-1179-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-1180-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
166
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Contents No access
List of Figures and Table No access
Acknowledgments No access
Constructing Markan Audiences No access Pages 1 - 6
Readings of Mark by Clement of Alexandria and Richard Horsley No access Pages 7 - 28
Oracles in Egypt No access Pages 29 - 80
Processional Oracles and Reading Mark No access Pages 81 - 90
Jesus the Oracle in the House in Capernaum No access Pages 91 - 104
Jesus the Oracle from Capernaum to Jerusalem No access Pages 105 - 142
Conclusion No access Pages 143 - 148
Bibliography No access Pages 149 - 156
Selected Primary Sources No access Pages 157 - 158
Selected List of Papyri, Ostraca, Inscriptions, Coins, and Images No access Pages 159 - 160
Index No access Pages 161 - 162
Index of Markan Passages No access Pages 163 - 164
