Feeding the Five Thousand

Roger David Aus

doi:10.5771/9780761851530

Summary

The story of Jesus feeding the five thousand is found in all four Gospels, and is told in two of them twice. Roger David Aus primarily explores the many facets of early Palestinian Judaism which inform the story, especially in regard to the miracle-worker Elisha. He describes four major motifs in the narrative, as well as the Markan and Johannine redaction. In addition, he analyzes the account's Semitic background, genre and historicity, and its part in a miracle collection.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-5152-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-5153-0
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 200
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Introduction No access
1. 1. Famine No access
2. 1. 2.1. The 'Omer No access
  2. 2.2. 2 Kgs 442-44 No access
  3. 2.3. The Relevance of the Procedure of Harvesting the 'Omer to Mark 6:30-44 No access
3. 3. Barley No access
1. 1. Elijah and His Successor Elisha. and John the Baptist and Hisv Successor Jesus No access
2. 2. Elisha and Jesus as Prophets. with Itinerant Ministries No access
3. 3. Elisha and Jesus as Holy. Persons Who Remain Single No access
4. 4. Elisha and Jesus as a / the Righteous One No access
5. 1. 5.1. Scripture No access
  2. 5.2. Sirach No access
  3. 5.3. The Lives of the Prophets No access
  4. 5.4. Josephus No access
  5. 5.5. Rabbinic Sources No access
III: Jesus as a Teacher with Disciples. and Elisha as a Teacher with Disciples No access Pages 41 - 44
IV: Denarii No access Pages 45 - 46
1. 1. Baal-shalishah and Shalishah in 1 Sam 9:4 No access
2. 2. A "Boy" Saves the Day No access
3. 3. A Sign No access
4. 4. Withdrawal. and Being Seized to be Made King No access
5. 5. Reclining at a Banquet No access
6. 6. Saying a Blessing or Thanking God for a Meal / Food No access
7. 1. 7.1. First Fruits and Passover No access
  2. 7.2. Barley Loaves No access
  3. 7.3. Much Grass No access
  4. 7.4. Gathering Left Over Fragments So That Nothing May Be Lost No access
VI: Jesus' Praying. and Elisha's Praying No access Pages 68 - 73
1. 1. Doubling No access
2. 2. Garden Beds and Rows No access
3. 3. According to Hundreds and Fifties No access
4. 4. Reclining in the Wilderness by Companies / in Table Fellowships / by Groups No access
VIII: Eating to Satiety. and Saying Grace After Meals No access Pages 103 - 106
1. 1. Pieces No access
2. 2. Baskets No access
3. 3. Leftovers No access
X: 5000 Men No access Pages 113 - 115
XI: Bethsaida as a Possible Site of the Feeding. and the Livia / Julia Cult No access Pages 116 - 125
1. 1. Markan Redaction in 6:30-44 No access
2. 2. Johannine Redaction in 6:l-15 No access
1. 1. The Markan Context No access
2. 2. The Johannine Context No access
1. A. The Semitic Background No access
2. B. Greek and Roman Parallels. and Those from the History of Religions No access
1. A. Jesus Is Greater Than / More Than No access
2. 1. 1. Jesus Is the Lord of Hunger No access
  2. 2. Redemption Through the Messiah at Passover No access
  3. 3. The Feeding of the 5000 as a Foretaste of the Messianic Banquet No access
  4. 4. Jesus as the Eschatological Davidic Shepherd Messiah No access
XVI: The Genre No access Pages 161 - 163
XVII: The Historicity No access Pages 164 - 168
1. A. Two Markan Feeding Narratives No access
2. B. The Feeding of the 5000 as Part of a Miracle Collection No access
Sources and Reference Works No access Pages 177 - 184
Author Index No access Pages 185 - 188
About the Author No access Pages 189 - 200