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  • From: Steve Black <sblack AT axionet.com>
  • To: gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Judas
  • Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 07:58:31 -0800

Title: Judas
What evidential reasons are there (if any) to suppose Judas (and the whole Mount of Olives episode, for that matter) was or was not part of the tradition that Mark inherited, and which he "creatively" enhanced.

I may be misunderstanding the thoughts represented on the list, but it seems assumed that Judas was "created" by Mark, and was not in his received tradition. Mark's redactional role seems to me to be of crucial significance in understanding the gospel and Mark's thinking.

I could easily posit some "historical"  event which Mark elaborated upon (which wouldn't "prove" any thing of course) - say that Jesus spent time just outside Jerusalem with his disciples (and Judas?) before his crucifixion. Mark reflecting upon this in the light of II Sam/Zech placed this activity in the Mount of Olives for theological/narrative purposes (possibly enhancing it with additional narrative parallels). This seems as plausible to me as his creating this sequence entirely from scratch- I, however,  certainly haven't proved anything!

I'm interested in the redactional theory in practice and not so much in its results (for now).

How do we is separate "tradition" from Mark's creativity? How can we verify our results?

Its seems to me that so much scholarship hangs in the air of possibility, without the possibility of any verification.
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Steve Black
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  • Judas, Steve Black, 02/26/2001
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