Kata Markon

[Doug Jantz <dwjantz AT swbell.net>]

MY apologies.  I forgot to leave off my sigfile at the end of my previous 
note.
It is now off.  Doug

"Professor L.W. Hurtado" wrote:

> Then too, the author of Mark certainly knew that the Son of Man
> had not come apocalyptically by the time when he wrote. And I
> take Mark to have been written after the destruction of the temple,
> which explains why it plays such a crucial role in the account here.
>

I still have to ask and wonder about this.  Does this "coming" have to be
literal?  Is it not a coming in judgment?  I see in the OT several "comings"
referring to judgment, not literal.  The presence of Yahweh or Jesus was/is 
seen
in the judgment on the wicked nation(s).



> Well, it does seem likely that the author of Mark expected/hoped
> for the coming of the Son of Man sooner than has proven to be the
> case!!  But, on the other hand, the dominant thrust of chap 13 is to
> REFUTE and DISCOURAGE any notion that the end is immediate
> (13:5-8, 10, 13b, 21-23), but must be preceded by (1) all sorts of
> traumas that are merely what characterizes an indefinite time
> period (the single most repeated theme is warning against being
> led astray and alarmed at the distasters), and (2) by the preaching
> of the gospel to all nations (13:10, the only thing that functions as
> the essential condition for the "end", viz. the "dei").
> I quite agree that theological concerns must not be allowed to
> govern what one is or is not prepared to see in a text.  But I also
> hold that patient and careful close reading of a text is essential.

These last 2 sentences are great.  I agree and thank you for reminding us of
this.

Doug

>
>
> L. W. Hurtado
> University of Edinburgh,
> New College
> Mound Place
> Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2LX
> Phone: 0131-650-8920
> Fax: 0131-650-6579
> E-mail:  L.Hurtado AT ed.ac.uk
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