12-08-2013, 04:36 AM
Hello everyone-
Since there is a "Problem" in the origin of the "Pericope Adulterae", maybe I can squeeze in something that may prove interesting about the early verses:
John 7: 53 through John 8: 2 (Moffatt):
"So every one of them went home, but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives. Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them."
I have some ideas concerning the rest of the Story, though I'm not as confident on those sets of Symbols as usual. I can map out a set of Symbols for this, however:
Josephus, _Wars..._, 2, 1, 3:
"...these were followed by Archelaus's heralds, who commanded every one to retire to their own homes, whither they all went, and left the festival."
This is Type again, mapping the Temple Slaughter of 4 BCE. Mark's Typology is all over this one. The order to Massacre the 3000 is given late at night ("Watch, I tell you...") and when the order is given
there is at least one Very Important Person caught outside with no hope of surviving. He does "miraculously" survive, making his way into the Temple and the people did come to him. Did he teach
them or heal them?:
Mark 6: 53 - 56 (Moffatt):
"On crossing over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they disembarked, the people at once recognized Jesus; they hurried round all the district and proceeded to carry the sick on their pallets, wherever they heard that he was, whatever village or town or hamlet he went to, they would lay their invalids in the marketplace, begging him to let them touch even the tassel of his robe - and all who touched him were healed."
"...touch the tassel of his robe..." is what the "Woman with the 12 Year Issue of Blood" wants to do. If she but touches it, she will healed. The Stories above are manifestly different, though not different in TYPE. The question is whether the author of this John material was writing with intention concerning a link with what is found in Mark. I think so. That leads to the question already asked: "How did this get in here? Who decided this?"
By way of example, another verse not found in many early places is Luke 22: 43 - 44. If you go to the RSV, there is no set of verses 43 - 44.
I don't know why this should be although I am coming around to the position that there were some early "Church Fathers" who knew a lot more about the cards being played than they were letting on...
Any ideas are welcome.
CW
Since there is a "Problem" in the origin of the "Pericope Adulterae", maybe I can squeeze in something that may prove interesting about the early verses:
John 7: 53 through John 8: 2 (Moffatt):
"So every one of them went home, but Jesus went to the Hill of Olives. Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them."
I have some ideas concerning the rest of the Story, though I'm not as confident on those sets of Symbols as usual. I can map out a set of Symbols for this, however:
Josephus, _Wars..._, 2, 1, 3:
"...these were followed by Archelaus's heralds, who commanded every one to retire to their own homes, whither they all went, and left the festival."
This is Type again, mapping the Temple Slaughter of 4 BCE. Mark's Typology is all over this one. The order to Massacre the 3000 is given late at night ("Watch, I tell you...") and when the order is given
there is at least one Very Important Person caught outside with no hope of surviving. He does "miraculously" survive, making his way into the Temple and the people did come to him. Did he teach
them or heal them?:
Mark 6: 53 - 56 (Moffatt):
"On crossing over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they disembarked, the people at once recognized Jesus; they hurried round all the district and proceeded to carry the sick on their pallets, wherever they heard that he was, whatever village or town or hamlet he went to, they would lay their invalids in the marketplace, begging him to let them touch even the tassel of his robe - and all who touched him were healed."
"...touch the tassel of his robe..." is what the "Woman with the 12 Year Issue of Blood" wants to do. If she but touches it, she will healed. The Stories above are manifestly different, though not different in TYPE. The question is whether the author of this John material was writing with intention concerning a link with what is found in Mark. I think so. That leads to the question already asked: "How did this get in here? Who decided this?"
By way of example, another verse not found in many early places is Luke 22: 43 - 44. If you go to the RSV, there is no set of verses 43 - 44.
I don't know why this should be although I am coming around to the position that there were some early "Church Fathers" who knew a lot more about the cards being played than they were letting on...
Any ideas are welcome.
CW