• Resurrection in Mark 12: Refining the Covenant Hypothesis

    Author(s):
    Alex Macdonald (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Subject(s):
    Hermeneutics, Bible. New Testament
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    allusion, Covenant, levirate marriage, resurrection, New Testament
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/j6sv-t010
    Abstract:
    The defence of resurrection in Mk 12.18-27 has been understood in various ways, based on different reconstructions of the logic of Jesus’ citation of Exod. 3.6. These various approaches may be generally grouped under two broad categories: ‘present relationship’ hypotheses and ‘covenant/context’ hypotheses. This study evaluates those approaches, seeking to critique the existing covenant/context proposals of F. Dreyfus (1959) and Bradley R. Trick (2007) and extend their insights in new directions. In doing so, it focuses on citation context and similar reasoning in other early Jewish and Christian texts, including an overlooked analogue in Heb. 11. It will be argued that this context and these analogues lend support to a revised version of the covenant/context hypothesis that understands Mk 12 as predicating resurrection on divine faithfulness to the covenant between God and the patriarchs.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1177/0142064X19832193
    Publisher:
    SAGE Publications
    Pub. Date:
    2019-5-2
    Journal:
    Journal for the Study of the New Testament
    Volume:
    41
    Issue:
    4
    Page Range:
    433 - 457
    ISSN:
    0142-064X,1745-5294
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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