12-26-2013, 11:24 PM
Michael Turton states:
"It is important to realize as you read the Gospel of Mark that the text you read is a translation of a Greek text into English. The Gospel of Mark, like all the New Testament writings, was originally composed in Koine Greek, the lingua franca of the eastern portion of the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries. Scholars are fond of saying that until you read Mark in Greek, you haven't read Mark."
Michael Turton is making a multi-point argument:
1. Mark was written in Greek.
2. The Chiastic Structure in Mark is a Greek Construct.
There are many subtle points as well, among them that The Book of Mark, is manifestly Non-Historical.
Here then, by request, is a Chiasm chosen from his Outline of Chiastic Structures:
A Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
B And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
C And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."
D And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?"
E But they were silent.
E And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart,
D and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."
C He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
B The Pharisees went out, and immediately held counsel with the Hero'di-ans against him, how to destroy him.
A Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed;
Therefore, the question(s): "Are Chiastic Structures in Mark of strictly Greek origin?" There is a "Structure" to Mark, obviously. Are those "Structures" Chiastic?
[Edit note: I indented by using the Spacebar (To make the Structure easier to see.). The indents did not transfer to the Post. They ARE visible again as I edit...]
"It is important to realize as you read the Gospel of Mark that the text you read is a translation of a Greek text into English. The Gospel of Mark, like all the New Testament writings, was originally composed in Koine Greek, the lingua franca of the eastern portion of the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries. Scholars are fond of saying that until you read Mark in Greek, you haven't read Mark."
Michael Turton is making a multi-point argument:
1. Mark was written in Greek.
2. The Chiastic Structure in Mark is a Greek Construct.
There are many subtle points as well, among them that The Book of Mark, is manifestly Non-Historical.
Here then, by request, is a Chiasm chosen from his Outline of Chiastic Structures:
A Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
B And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
C And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."
D And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?"
E But they were silent.
E And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart,
D and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."
C He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
B The Pharisees went out, and immediately held counsel with the Hero'di-ans against him, how to destroy him.
A Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed;
Therefore, the question(s): "Are Chiastic Structures in Mark of strictly Greek origin?" There is a "Structure" to Mark, obviously. Are those "Structures" Chiastic?
[Edit note: I indented by using the Spacebar (To make the Structure easier to see.). The indents did not transfer to the Post. They ARE visible again as I edit...]