Mark – Interpreter of Paul

Ἀνομία in Matthew: An Exegetical Analysis of its Meaning

“…In the Matthean version, their cause is based on the fact that they 6 For anti-Paulinism in Matthew, see Sim (2008) and Sim (2014); Wong (2012) also finds anti-Paulinism in Matthew; Park (2015) suggests that Matthew opposes the dominant Christian theology of his time, yet acknowledges it as "Pauline." For parallels between Paul and Mark, see Marcus (2000) and Telford (1999). Svartvik (2008) argues that Matthew intended to remake, to rejudaize Mark, the Pauline Gospel.…”

‘Who touched my clothes?’: The Healing of the Woman with the Haemorrhage (Mark 5: 24–34; Luke 8: 42–48 and Matthew 9: 19–22) in Early Medieval Visual Culture

“…3 The Jairus story forms a framework for the episode of the Haemorrhoïssa, which is a tormenting delay 4 for its frame story: it is because of this woman that Jesus arrives too late for Jarius' daughter. The Haemorrhoïssa episode functions as a dramatic interruption that is taken from Jesus but which He also considers a necessity: He pauses to find her.…”

Animals and Angels in Mark 1.13: Hints of the Divine Warrior in the Wilderness?

“…25 Moreover, even commentators who postulate a stylized Jesus-Adam paradigm for our passage are compelled to see in this text an "important parallel". 26 Drawing together the strands of the argument explored above in (i) and ii It may be possible to take these considerations a step further, and suggest a further layer as background to the Markan temptation story. In the Hebrew Chaoskampf tradition God comes as warrior to defeat the forces of chaos and establish his rule.…”