Tilburg University The Motif of Containment in the Gospel according to Mark Ó Floinn, Gearard DOI: 10.26116/kcjs-z635 Publication date: 2018 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in Tilburg University Research Portal Citation for published version (APA): Ó Floinn, G. (2018). The Motif of Containment in the Gospel according to Mark. 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Download date: 30. sep. 2021 THE MOTIF OF CONTAINMENT IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK A Literary-Critical Study © 2018 ST PAULS Publishing ST PAULS by Westminster Cathedral Morpeth Terrace, Victoria, London SW1P 1EP Tel: +44 (0) 207 828 5582, www.stpauls.org.uk ST PAULS Publishing Moyglare Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland Tel: +353 (1) 628 5933, www.stpauls.ie All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN: 978-1-910365-42-7 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover Design and typeset by MIDDLEDOT. Printed by Walsh Colour Print, Ireland. ST PAULS is an activity of the priests and brothers of the Society of St Paul who proclaim the Gospel through the media of social communication. GEARARD Ó FLOINN THE MOTIF OF CONTAINMENT IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK A Literary-Critical Study Table of Contents Acknowledgements XV CHAPTER ONE Introduction 19 1.1 The qualification of miraculous activity in the Gospel according to Mark 19 1.2 Wrede’s The Messianic Secret 21 1.3 The research question 25 1.4 The motif of containment 25 1.5 The Reception of Wrede 27 1.5.1 Bultmann, Dibelius, Roloff, Luz 28 1.5.2 Räisänen 28 1.5.3 Yarbro Collins 29 1.5.4 Ahearne-Kroll 30 1.5.5 Watson 34 1.5.6 Winn 36 1.5.7 Van Oyen 41 1.5.8 Concluding remarks on the reception of Wrede’s work 43 1.6 Methodological approach of the present study 47 1.7 Limitations of the Present Study 52 1.8 Outline of the Present Study 53 CHAPTER TWO The Absence of Containment in Mark’s Literary Environment 57 2.1 Introduction 57 2.2 Absence of containment in Greco-Roman sources 59 V The Motif of Containment in the Gospel According to Mark 2.3 Absence of containment in Jewish sources 65 2.4 The works containing the predictions 65 2.4.1 Daniel 7 67 2.4.2 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch 69 2.4.2.1 Enoch’s First Dream Vision (1 Enoch 83-84) 70 2.4.2.2 Enoch’s Second Dream Vision/Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90) 73 2.4.2.3 The Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93.1-10, 91.12-17) 74 2.4.3 Ezra’s Fifth Dream Vision (4 Ezra 11.1-12.39) 77 2.4.4 2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch (Various predictions) 81 2.4.5 The Divine Oracle to Moses (Jubilees 2-50) 84 2.5 Conclusion 86 CHAPTER THREE Containment in Markan Predictions 89 3.1 Introduction 89 3.2 He who is coming after me will baptise in a holy spirit (Mark 1.7-8) 90 3.2.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 1.2-8 90 3.2.2 Structure of Mark 1.2-8 91 3.2.3 The motif of containment in Mark 1.7-8 92 3.3 The bridegroom will be taken away (Mark 2.20) 94 3.3.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 2.18-22 95 3.3.2 Structure of Mark 2.18-22 95 3.3.3 The motif of containment in Mark 2.18-22 96 3.4 Two related predictions, (8.34, 9.1) 97 3.4.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 8.34-9.1 99 3.4.2 Structure of Mark 8.34-9.1 100 3.4.3 The motif of containment in Mark 8.34-9.1 101 3.5 You will find a colt on which no one has yet sat (Mark 11.2-3) 104 3.5.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 11.1-11 104 3.5.2 Structure of Mark 11.1-11 105 VI Table of Contents 3.5.3 The motif of containment of Mark 11.1-11 105 3.6 An Amalgam of Predictions (Mark 13.1-2, 3-27) 108 3.6.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 13 109 3.6.2 Structure of Mark 13 110 3.6.3 The motif of containment in Mark 13.1-2 111 3.6.4 The motif of containment in Mark 13.3-37 112 3.7 In the house of Simon the Leper (Mark 14.8-9) 113 3.7.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 14.1-11 113 3.7.2 Structure of Mark 14.1-11 113 3.7.3 The motif of containment of Mark 14.1-11 114 3.8 Three predictions during the Passover meal (Mark 14.18, 21, 25) 116 3.8.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 14.17-26 116 3.8.2 Structure of Mark 14.17-26 117 3.8.3 The motif of containment of Mark 14.17-26 117 3.9 Two predictions on the way to the Mount of Olives (Mark 14.27-28, 30) 118 3.9.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 14.27-31 119 3.9.2 Structure of Mark 14.27-31 119 3.9.3 The motif of containment in Mark 14.27-31 120 3.10 Conclusion 122 CHAPTER FOUR Containment in Markan Nature Miracles 125 4.1 Introduction 125 4.2 Jesus calms a storm (Mark 4.35-41) 127 4.2.1 Context and literary unit of Mark 4.35-41 127 4.2.2 Structure of Mark 4.35-41 129 4.2.2.1 First Antecedent from Jewish Tradition: Jonah 1.1-17 130 4.2.2.2 Second Antecedent from Jewish Scriptural Tradition: Psalm 107.23-30 132 4.2.3 The motif of containment in Mark 4.35-41 134 4.3 Restoring to life/healing of a girl (Mark 5.21-24, 35-43) 136 VII The Motif of Containment in the Gospel According to Mark 4.3.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 136 4.3.2 Structure of Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 139 4.3.3 The motif of containment in Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 142 4.4 Feeding a multitude (Mark 6.30-44) 146 4.4.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 6.30-44 147 4.4.2 Structure of Mark 6.30-44 147 4.4.3 The motif of containment in Mark 6.30-44 149 4.5 Walking on the sea (Mark 6.45-52) 152 4.5.1 Context and literary unit of Mark 6.45-52 152 4.5.2 Structure of Mark 6.45-52 153 4.5.3 The motif of containment in Mark 6.45-52 154 4.6 Feeding a second multitude (Mark 8.1-9) 158 4.6.1 Context and literary unit of Mark 8.1-9 158 4.6.2 Structure of Mark 8.1-9. 159 4.6.3 The motif of containment in Mark 8.1-9 161 4.7 Jesus is transfigured (Mark 9.2-10) 163 4.7.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 9.2-10 163 4.7.2 Structure of Mark 9.2-10 164 4.7.3 The motif of containment in Mark 9.2-10 165 4.8 Conclusion 170 CHAPTER FIVE Containment and Mark’s Usage of the Son of Man 173 5.1 Introduction 173 5.2 Authority on earth to forgive sins (Mark 2.10) 178 5.2.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 2.1-12 178 5.2.2 Structure of Mark 2.1-12 180 5.2.3 The motif of containment in Mark 2.1-12 181 5.3 Lord of the Sabbath also (Mark 2.28) 186 5.3.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 2.23-28 186 5.3.2 Structure of Mark 2.23-28 187 5.3.3 The motif of containment in Mark 2.23-28 188 5.4 First passion prediction (Mark 8.31) 191 VIII Table of Contents 5.4.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 8.27-9.1 191 5.4.2 Structure of Mark 8.27-9.1 192 5.4.3 The motif of containment of Mark 8.27-33 193 5.5 First eschatological prediction of the coming of the son of man (Mark 8.38) 196 5.5.1 Context and Literary Unity of Mark 8.27-9.1 196 5.5.2 Structure of Mark 8.34-9.1 196 5.5.3 The motif of containment of Mark 8.34-9.1 197 5.6 Prediction that the son of man will rise from the dead (Mark 9.9, 9.12) 200 5.6.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 9.2-13 200 5.6.2 Structure of Mark 9.2-13 201 5.6.3 The motif of containment of Mark 9.9-10 202 5.7 It is written that the son of man will suffer many things and be despised (Mark 9.12-13) 205 5.7.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 9.2-13 205 5.7.2 Structure of Mark 9.11-13 205 5.7.3 The motif of containment of Mark 9.11-13 206 5.8 Second Passion Prediction (Mark 9.31) 208 5.8.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 9.30-32 209 5.8.2 Structure of Mark 9.30-32 210 5.8.3 The motif of containment of Mark 9.30-32 211 5.9 Third Passion Prediction (10.32b-34) 213 5.9.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 10.32-34 214 5.9.2 Structure of Mark 10.32-34 214 5.9.3 The motif of containment in Mark 10.32-34 215 5.10 The son of man came to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10.45) 217 5.10.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 10.41-45 218 5.10.2 Structure of Mark 10.41-45 218 5.10.3 The motif of containment in Mark 10.41-45 218 5.11 Second eschatological prediction (Mark 13.26-27) 220 5.11.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 13.26-27 220 5.11.2 Structure of Mark 13.26-27 221 IX The Motif of Containment in the Gospel According to Mark 5.11.3 The motif of containment in 13.26-27 222 5.12 The destiny of the son of man the subject of a written prediction (Mark 14.21) 223 5.13 The son of man is being handed over to sinners (14.41-42) 224 5.13.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 14.32-42 224 5.13.2 Structure of Mark 14.32-42 224 5.13.3 The motif of containment in Mark 14.32-42 225 5.14 Third eschatological prediction (Mark 14.62) 227 5.14.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 14.53-65 227 5.14.2 Structure of Mark 14.53-65 228 5.14.3 The motif of containment in Mark 14.62 228 5.15 Conclusion 232 CHAPTER SIX The Motif of Containment Not Observed 237 6.1 Introduction 237 6.2 Healing of a man with an unclean spirit (Mark 1.21-28) 238 6.2.1 Context and literary unity of Mark 1.21-28 238 6.2.2 Structure of Mark 1.21-28 238 6.2.3 The motif of containment in Mark 1.21-28 239 6.3.