The Speech-Acts of a Royal Pretender: Jesus’ Performative Utterances in Mark’s Gospel
Performative speech-acts were used by successive Seleucid pretenders and kings to create the appearance of power and authority out of weakness. As we have seen on the basis of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus’ used performative utterances in a similar way, and, for that reason, he was recognized as a royal pret...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-86 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maccabees 165 BC-37 BC
/ Seleukiden
/ Jesus Christus
/ Epigraphy
/ Mark
/ Bible. Makkabäer 1.
/ Bible. Makkabäer 2.
/ Seleucid Empire
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IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Summary: | Performative speech-acts were used by successive Seleucid pretenders and kings to create the appearance of power and authority out of weakness. As we have seen on the basis of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus’ used performative utterances in a similar way, and, for that reason, he was recognized as a royal pretender by both sympathizers and critics alike. From the perspective of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus set about to create the kingdom of God by royal pronouncement. It was a matter of royal power as discourse. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-19030002 |