Of Porcine and Polluted Spirits: Reading the Gerasene Demoniac (Mark 5:1-20) with the Book of Watchers (7 Enoch 1-36)
Mark 5:1-20, the pericope of the Gerasene demoniac, presents the reader with a number of enigmatic features that have been variously interpreted with reference to differing intertexts. No single intertext, however, has been able to explain multiple puzzling features of the text. The thesis of this a...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic University of America Press
[2016]
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 430-446 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mark
/ Enoch 1-36
/ Intertextuality
/ Demon
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
Demonology
B INTERTEXTUAL analysis B 1 Enoch 1-36 B Demon B unclean spirits B Mark B Exorcism B Healing of the Gerasene demoniac (Miracle) B Gerasene Demoniac B Mark5:1-20 B Intertextuality B Judaism B Henoch B Book of Watchers B BOOK of Watchers (Book) B Riddles |
| Summary: | Mark 5:1-20, the pericope of the Gerasene demoniac, presents the reader with a number of enigmatic features that have been variously interpreted with reference to differing intertexts. No single intertext, however, has been able to explain multiple puzzling features of the text. The thesis of this article is that the Book of Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36), and the myth that underlies this textual tradition, can best explain the pericope's enigmas. The Book of Watchers was extraordinarily influential in Second Temple Judaism and, therefore, should be interpreted as the formative conceptual framework for this Marcan demonological narrative. To demonstrate this thesis, I argue that Mark 5:1 -20 shares at least five strong conceptual and verbal affinities with the Book of Watchers. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-7912 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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