1989/01/01 by Kevin R. Ward · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Art #Biblical Studies and Interpretation #Daughter #German #Gospel #Law #Literature #Narrative #Philosophy #Ruler #Silence #Theology
paper · doi:10.1163/156853689x00207
openalex publication_date 1989/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Readers of the Gospel of Mark are familiar with the Second Evangelist's convention of breaking up a story or pericope by inserting a second, seemingly unrelated, story into the middle of it. A good example occurs in chapter 5 where Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, importunes Jesus to heal his daughter (vv 21-24). A woman with a hemorrhage interrupts Jesus en route to Jairus' house (vv 25-34), and only after recording the woman's healing does Mark resume with the raising ofJairus' daughter, who had died in the meantime (vv 35-43). Another example occurs in chapter 11 where Mark separates the cursing of the fig tree (vv 12-14) and its subsequent withering (vv 20-21) with Jesus' 'clearing of the temple (vv 15-19). This technique occurs some nine times in the Gospel: Mark begins story A, introduces story B, then returns to and completes story A. These inserted middles have been variously indentified as intercalations,' interpolations,2 insertions,3 framing,4 or, in German, as