Scholars have long wondered at a curious passage in the canonical Gospel of Mark (undisputedly the oldest of the canonical gospels) which seems to hint that a detail or two might h... moreScholars have long wondered at a curious passage in the canonical Gospel of Mark (undisputedly the oldest of the canonical gospels) which seems to hint that a detail or two might have been left out: “Then they came to Jericho. As he was leaving Jericho with his disciples…” (Mark 10:46). But what happened in Jericho on Jesus' whistle-stop tour of the provinces? Did Jesus simply pass through and then leave without doing or saying anything to anyone? If the visit was so irrelevant to Jesus' mission, why is it even mentioned? The gap suggests a mission portion of Mark’s Gospel. The Letter of Clement’s, who had access to the complete version of Mark’s gospel, places the events in Jericho.
Both what is missing and why is supplied by Morton Smith, the Columbia University professor scholar whose 1958 research expedition culminated in the discovery of a copy of a letter in the 1646 edition of letters of Ignatius of Antioch (a 2nd c... less
I'm still kinda new around here and I don't know much about the other Answermug members so If you want to share any info or a basic description of yourself I would really appreciat... moreI'm still kinda new around here and I don't know much about the other Answermug members so If you want to share any info or a basic description of yourself I would really appreciate it, thanks. I'm a 37 year old man, I have a child and I live in Canada. : )
Some folks believe that if you're a Jew and your boss says nice things about people who marched in the street chanting anti-Semitic and Nazi-era slogans, you have to resign in... moreSome folks believe that if you're a Jew and your boss says nice things about people who marched in the street chanting anti-Semitic and Nazi-era slogans, you have to resign in protest.U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin have said nothing, at least in public. So it has fallen to non-Jews to tell President Trump — like the members of his now-disbanded manufacturing council — that he's wrong about the "good" Nazis. less
