Interpreting capital punishment in Mark 7.10 in its first century context(s)

Will Robinson; Stephen Llewelyn

doi:10.1177/0142064X241270232

Interpreting capital punishment in Mark 7.10 in its first century context(s)

Will Robinson^*, Stephen Llewelyn^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of History and Archaeology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

This article examines the reference to capital punishment in Mark 7.10. We ask if it was more likely to have been intended and received in a literal or a hyperbolic sense within the first century. We conclude that a literal sense is more probable.

Original language	English
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal for the Study of the New Testament
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X241270232
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Sept 2024

Keywords

Capital punishment
Jesus
Mark

Access to Document

10.1177/0142064X241270232

Cite this

@article{091d8192fcac4ace8b7b55ca3c90d1bb,

title = "Interpreting capital punishment in Mark 7.10 in its first century context(s)",

abstract = "This article examines the reference to capital punishment in Mark 7.10. We ask if it was more likely to have been intended and received in a literal or a hyperbolic sense within the first century. We conclude that a literal sense is more probable.",

keywords = "Capital punishment, Jesus, Mark",

author = "Will Robinson and Stephen Llewelyn",

year = "2024",

month = sep,

day = "20",

doi = "10.1177/0142064X241270232",

language = "English",

journal = "Journal for the Study of the New Testament",

issn = "0142-064X",

publisher = "SAGE Publications",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Interpreting capital punishment in Mark 7.10 in its first century context(s)

AU - Robinson, Will

AU - Llewelyn, Stephen

PY - 2024/9/20

Y1 - 2024/9/20

N2 - This article examines the reference to capital punishment in Mark 7.10. We ask if it was more likely to have been intended and received in a literal or a hyperbolic sense within the first century. We conclude that a literal sense is more probable.

AB - This article examines the reference to capital punishment in Mark 7.10. We ask if it was more likely to have been intended and received in a literal or a hyperbolic sense within the first century. We conclude that a literal sense is more probable.

KW - Capital punishment

KW - Jesus

KW - Mark

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205312687&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0142064X241270232

DO - 10.1177/0142064X241270232

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85205312687

SN - 0142-064X

JO - Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JF - Journal for the Study of the New Testament

ER -

Interpreting capital punishment in Mark 7.10 in its first century context(s)

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this