The new family of Jesus and the relativization of the natural family: An exposition on honor and shame (Mark 1:16-20; 2:13-14; 3:13-35)
In the time of Jesus, the social values of honor and shame were embedded in the family. The Gospel of Mark not only evidences these social values but also radically redefines them through their narrative reversal. The narrative reversal seeks to persuade the readers to view as honorable what they ha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Review and expositor
Year: 2018, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 592-601 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament NBN Ecclesiology NCB Personal ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
fictive family
B Honor B Bible. Markusevangelium 3,13-35 B intercalation B narrative reversal B relativization B Shame B Bible. Markusevangelium 2,13-14 B Berufung der ersten Jünger |
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| Summary: | In the time of Jesus, the social values of honor and shame were embedded in the family. The Gospel of Mark not only evidences these social values but also radically redefines them through their narrative reversal. The narrative reversal seeks to persuade the readers to view as honorable what they have valued as shameful, and to regard as dishonorable what they have seen as honorable. Although the natural family is important in the Gospel, Mark transforms it and the honor-shame value system by emphasizing the greater value of the new family that Jesus is forming ("fictive family") over the importance of the natural family. In Mark 1:16-3:35, I see the narrative reversal of the family in two ways: (i) Mark highlights the three instances when Jesus calls to himself his new family with a transformed honor-shame value system; and (ii) Mark relativizes (i.e., takes away the foremost importance of) the first-century concept of family in favor of the new family of Jesus. Specifically, I will explore the three stories of the disciples' call (1:16-20; 2:13-14; 3:13-19) and the intercalated story of Jesus' natural family seeking to gain custody of him (3:20-21, 31-35). |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637318807368 |