Kata Markon

[George Patton <gpatton AT bayou.com>]

Vince Endris wrote:

> GMark list,
>
> I have recently been reading on the second temple and cult.  It seems that 
> there was a widespread dislike of the priests - that they were no longer 
> legitimate and, as with the DDS, that they were profaning the temple.  This 
> might have been the historical Jesus' reason for overturning the tables 
> (Sanders).  It struck me that Mark having the vale tear (I am assuming he 
> meant the inner vale) might be suggesting that the atoning sacrifice offered 
> by the high priest was not sufficient but Jesus' was.  This might account 
> for the popularity of nascent Christianity.  Is this a valid argument for 
> what Mark is trying to say?  Do you know of anywhere else I might look for 
> evidence of this interpretation?
>
> Vince Endris
>  

I think that the tearing of the temple vale is a literary reference to 
Mark 14:62-64.  The priest tore his robes (from top to bottom) and said 
"blasphemy" at the wrong time.  And in Mark 15:38 God tore his robe(from 
top to bottom), which suggest that God was saying , "blasphemy" at the 
right time.

George M. Patton

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