Feeding the five thousand

Aus, Roger David, 1940-

Feeding the five thousand studies in the Judaic background of Mark 6:30-44 par. and John 6:1-15 / [electronic resource] : Roger David Aus. - Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2010. - 1 online resource (xvii, 187 p.) - Studies in Judaism . - Studies in Judaism. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.

Famine, the 'Omer, and barley bread -- Similarities between Elisha and Jesus, especially as miraacle-workers -- Jesus as a teacher with disciples, and Elisha as a teacher with disciples -- Denarii -- Baal-shalishah, Shalishah, and John 6 -- Jesus' praying, and Elisha's praying -- Doubling, garden beds and rows, according to hundreds and fifties, and groups -- Eating to satiety, and saying grace after meals -- Baskets full of left over pieces -- 5000 men -- Bethsaida as a possible site of the feeding, and the Livia/Julia cult -- Markan redaction in 6:30-44, and Johannine redaction in 6:1-15 -- The Markan and the Johannine contexts -- The Semitic background of the feeding of the 5000, and possible Hellenistic parallels -- Major motifs in the narrative -- The genre -- The historicity -- Two Markan feeding narratives, and the feeding of the 5000 as part of a miracle collection.

9780761851530 (electronic bk.) 0761851534 (electronic bk.)


Jesus Christ--Miracles.


Bible.--N.T.--Mark VI, 30-44--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--N.T.--John VI, 1-15--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Feeding of the five thousand (Miracle)
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology


Electronic books.

BT367.F4 / A87 2010eb

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