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  • From: Julian Waterfield <julian.waterfield AT exeter.oxford.ac.uk>
  • To: "Kata Markon" <gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Greek text question
  • Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:18:48 +0100


Hello

> 1. United Bible Societies, Greek New Testament.
>
> 2. Aland, Kurt, ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels, ninth edition (Stuttgart:
> German Bible Society, 1989).
I'd already found these ones. <g>

> this is the case, including that Mark is written in a Creole dialect of
> koine Greek (includes many Latinisms and Jewish words, phrases and the like)
> and is prose not verse.
Can you tell me more about this? Who has written on Mark's having a Creole
dialect?

> If one uses "storytelling ability" as the benchmark, then Mark is
> perhaps comparable to the Homeric epics, given both the gravity of its
> subject matter, and in particular, the way it was told / narrated
> (beginning, middle, and *ending*).
I'm actually pursuing this avenue at the moment. Has there been much work
done
on Mark's links with the Homeric Epics? I've read MacDonald, but what else
is
of use?

Regards
Julian

Julian Waterfield
Exeter College, Oxford, OX1 3DP, UK




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