The Barren Temple And The Withered Tree: A Redaction-Critical Analysis Of The Cursing Of The Fig-Tree Pericope In Mark's Gospel And Its Relation To ... (The Library Of New Testament Studies)

The overall aim of this investigation of Mark 11.12-14, 20ff. is to ascertain the attitude to the Temple taken by the author of the earliest Gospel and his community. More specifically, it is a meticulous study of the most curious of all the Synoptic miracle-stories, in which the place of the story within the Markan redaction and subsequently in the Synoptic Gospels is explored. The study also entails a detailed exploration of the story's origin, background and Sitz in Leben prior to Mark, involving thorough consideration of the Old Testament and Jewish background of its motifs.

• • Author: William Telford
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Jan 29, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 336 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 147423108X
• • ISBN-13: 9781474231084