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 Cleansing of the Temple Tradition| By: | William Telford |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9781474231084 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781474231091 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.