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  • From: JFAlward AT aol.com
  • To: gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
  • Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:14:37 EST


Rikk:

Can I say then that you would agree it would be something of an overstatement
to say baldly that Mark rewrote Jesus to resemble Odysseus?
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Joe:


I believe MacDonald's general thesis is correct: that Mark is indebted to
Homer. As for Mark rewriting Jesus: that's an overstatement. I think the
evidence shows that Mark certainly meant for his readers to see some Odysseus
in Jesus.
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Rikk:

Thanks for the exchange, I¹ll now withdraw from the field.
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Joe:

Thank you, too, Rikk.







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