Kata Markon

["John Oliff" <JOLIFF AT pbu.edu>]

Michael

You may wish to view my thesis entitled "Jesus, The Messenger and Voice of 
the Way: 
The Narrator's use of Scripture in Mark 1:1-3. I argued this exact point.

See also Juel's commentary on Mark; also Tolbert on "Sowing" 

John

On 15 Oct 2004 at 0:02, RickR370 AT aol.com wrote:

> Jeffrey,
> your statment misses my point:
> 
> What I am saying is that if Kaqws is translated correctly What stands 
> written 
> in Isaiah is the euaggleiou. That being the case how could scholars not see 
> that the next line was not a quotaton but direct address on the part of the 
> writer to his the reader. It cannot be a quotation if what is written in 
> Isaiah 
> refers to the good news. Tell  the list who among scholars has recognized 
> this. 
> I have never heard anyone at Princeton or anywhere else translate the text 
> this way? If you have anyone who sees the line that starts with Idou 
> presented 
> as direct address please post the reference. There is no commentator that I 
> know of that translates the text this way.
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> The reading the prophets has been noted as a correction by scribes 
> attempting 
> to explain the misquote. I think this is a more likely explanationn for the 
> later reading. The point is, what follows is not a OT quotation at all but 
> direct address from writer to reader.
> 
> Rick Richmond
>