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DISCIPLES/CROWDS/WHOEVER: MARKAN CHARACTERS AND READERS by ELIZABETH STRUTHERS MALBON Blacksburg, VA In recent years the portrayal of the disciples in Mark has received considerable scholarly attention. * Conclusions have ranged from Theodore Weeden's view that the disciples are representatives of Mark's historical opponents and thus negative in value' to Robert Tannehill's view that the disciples are, if one may put it thus, representatives of Mark's parishoners, the readers, and basically positive in value-not perfect, in fact problematic, but potential models nonetheless. I find Tannehill's view more convincing, and I wish to extend it in two ways: by examining the relation between the disciples and the crowd within the Markan narrative and by considering the relation of these Markan characters to the hearers or readers of the Markan narrative. It is my threefold thesis that: (1) the disciples of Jesus are portrayed in the Gospel of Mark with both strong points and weak points in order to serve as realistic and encouraging models for hearers/readers who experience both strength and weakness in their Christian discipleship; (2) the crowd is also portrayed in the Gospel of Mark in both positive and negative ways in relation to Jesus and serves to
Novum Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1986
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