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Introduction: Double Reading vs. Plain Reading Introduction: Double Reading vs. Plain Reading
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The Consensus: The End of the Temple and Jesus Replacing It The Consensus: The End of the Temple and Jesus Replacing It
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Methodology Methodology
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Reading a Second Level of Meaning in Mark Reading a Second Level of Meaning in Mark
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A Plain Reading of Mark A Plain Reading of Mark
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Mark, Judaism, and the Law Mark, Judaism, and the Law
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“Show Yourself to the Priest!” “Show Yourself to the Priest!”
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Hand Washing and Purity of Food in Mark 7 Hand Washing and Purity of Food in Mark 7
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Jesus’s “Cleansing” of the Temple, the Rebels, and the Jewish Leaders Jesus’s “Cleansing” of the Temple, the Rebels, and the Jewish Leaders
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Overturning of the Tables: A Sign of the Coming Destruction? Overturning of the Tables: A Sign of the Coming Destruction?
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House of Prayer House of Prayer
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Den of Robbers Den of Robbers
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Opposing the Lēstai and the Chief Priest Opposing the Lēstai and the Chief Priest
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The Cursing of the Fig Tree The Cursing of the Fig Tree
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
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Love Is More Important than Sacrifices Love Is More Important than Sacrifices
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The Poor Widow’s Offering to the Temple The Poor Widow’s Offering to the Temple
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“No Stone Upon Another” “No Stone Upon Another”
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The Coming Destruction—the Temple or Jerusalem? The Coming Destruction—the Temple or Jerusalem?
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Dating Mark: Before or After 70 Ce? Dating Mark: Before or After 70 Ce?
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The “Desolating Sacrilege” The “Desolating Sacrilege”
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The Last Supper The Last Supper
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“I Will Destroy This Temple … and in Three Days I Will Build Another” “I Will Destroy This Temple … and in Three Days I Will Build Another”
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The Tearing of the Temple Veil The Tearing of the Temple Veil
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Conclusion: The Temple as a Setting for Jesus Conclusion: The Temple as a Setting for Jesus
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on Mark's criticism of the Temple. The Temple plays an important role in Mark 11–15. It is central in Jesus's cleansing of the Temple, the reference to the “abomination of desolation,” the purported prediction of the destruction of the Temple in Mark 13, and several additional passages—all of which leads interpreters of Mark to conclude that Mark holds a completely negative view of the Temple. Important commentators think that Mark introduces Jesus as a new Temple that substitutes for the old one. Others argue that Jesus's mission in Mark is “anti-Temple”—that the Temple “stands condemned of corruption by trade and politics,” leading to Jesus's “disqualification” of it since “the Kingdom has been dissociated from the Jerusalem Temple.” The chapter then looks at an alternative approach which views Mark as less critical of the Temple.
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