The Danger of Singular Saviors: Vulnerability, Political Power, and Jesus's Disturbance in the Temple (Mark 11:15–19)
The story of Jesus's disturbance in the temple as it is told in all four canonical gospels portrays Jesus as a singularly powerful figure against other powerful (mostly) men of his day. This way of telling the story obscures the presence of enslaved people, low-status women, and other vulnerabl...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2021]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 140, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-161 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Mark
/ Bible. Markusevangelium 11,15-19
/ Politics
/ Roman Empire
/ Lower classes
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IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
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Summary: | The story of Jesus's disturbance in the temple as it is told in all four canonical gospels portrays Jesus as a singularly powerful figure against other powerful (mostly) men of his day. This way of telling the story obscures the presence of enslaved people, low-status women, and other vulnerable workers. This article argues that, in the disturbance, Jesus does little harm to those who owned money-changing tables or to the temple authorities economically or physically; rather, he harms the vulnerable workers at their tables. A reframing of the disturbance to center the perspectives of these often-marginalized groups reveals their political and theological savvy, which provides the strategic conditions for the protest. |
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ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jbl.2021.0006 |