MARK'S TREATMENT OF THE JEWISH LEADERS

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

I. Introductory Overview

The Subject of This Study

The Nature of Our Approach

The Problem of Mark's Provenance

II. Fundamental Methodological Considerations

The Question of the Evangelists' Familiarity with the Jewish Leadership Groups They Present to Us

The Implications of Matthew's and Luke's Dependence on Mark for Their Portrayal of Certain Jewish Leadership Groups

The Degree of Mark's Dependence on His Sources for His Familiarity with Jewish Leadership Groups

III. Two Pre-Markan Controversy Collections

Why Two Camps of Conspirators in Mark?

M. Albertz' Theory of Two Pre-Markan Controversy Collections

Assessing Albertz' Proposal

Redefining the Scope of the Two Proposed Controversy Collections

IV. The Influence of a Pre-Markan Passion Tradition on Mark's Treatment of Jewish Leadership Groups

Jewish Leadership Groups in the Pre-Markan Passion Tradition

Mark's Redactional Procedures

Assessing the Analysis by P. Winter

Mark's Redactional Problems in Incorporating the Pharisee/Herodian Source

V. Implications for the Historian

Summary

Implications of Our Study for the Historian

Obstacles confronting the historian

The distinctiveness of the scribes and Pharisees in the Markan treatment

The interest of historians in the scribes and Pharisees

Scribes and Pharisees in Mark: the significance of our Proposals

Works Consulted

Index of Authors