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Challenging the Authority of Jesus: Mark 11:27–33 and Mediterranean Notions of Honour and Shame

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  • Joseph H. Hellerman

How important is a good understanding of the cultural world of the early Christians? This article wants to examine carefully Jesus' encounter with some of his adversaries narrated in Mark 11:27-33. The author highlights the way that the values of honour and shame functioned in Mediterranean culture, and illumines the text at crucial points.

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Christianity knows nothing of hopeless cases. It professes its ability to take the most crooked stick and bring it straight, to flash a new power into the blackest carbon, which will turn it into a diamond Alexander Maclaren
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