Mark 11:15-19
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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- "Jesus Cleanses the Temple," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
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"God
Allows All Prayers (Mark 11:15-18),"
John C. Purdy. Chapter 8 of God With a Human Face (1993),
republished at Religion
Online.
- "Do you suppose that Lincoln prayed fervently for the success of the Union cause? Is there any prayer, from anyone, for anything, that God will not allow?"
- "The Withered Fig Tree," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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- Articles & Background:
- "The Temple That Won't Quit: Constructing Sacred Space in Orlando's Holy Land Experience Theme Park," Joan R. Branham, Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, 2008.
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"Echoes in the Temple? Jesus, Nehemiah, and Their Actions in the Temple,"
Geoffrey M. Troughton, Journal of Biblical Studies,
2003.
- "This article explores Nehemiah 13.4-9 in relation to Jesus? action in the Temple. It suggests that Jesus? action echoes some important features of Nehemiah?s, and that appreciation of the latter adds a neglected layer to our appreciation of the aims and action of Jesus."
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"Gospel
Chronologies, the Scene in the Temple, and the Crucifixion of Jesus,"
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University.
- "I doubt that the historical Jesus ever predicted the Temple's destruction, and I doubt too that any of his contemporaries ever thought that he had. Finding Mark's chronology - certainly for Jesus' mission but also for events around the Passion - not only implausible but fundamentally unlikely, I have begun to think with John."
- "Mark 11: The Fig Tree and the Money Changers," "Jesus and the Money Changers," wikipedia.
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"Echoes in the Temple? Jesus, Nehemiah, and Their Actions in the Temple,"
Geoffrey M. Troughton, Journal of Biblical Studies,
2003.
- "This article explores Nehemiah 13.4-9 in relation to Jesus? action in the Temple. It suggests that Jesus? action echoes some important features of Nehemiah?s, and that appreciation of the latter adds a neglected layer to our appreciation of the aims and action of Jesus."
- "Cursing Fig Trees and Robber's Dens: Pronouncement Stories Within Social-Systemic Perspective, Mark 11:12-15 and Parallels," Douglas E. Oakman, Semeia 64: The Rhetoric of Pronouncement, 1993.
- "Did Jesus Get Angry?" Selected passages from the Gospels, at Beliefnet.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brown, Scott G.,
"Mark 11:1-12:12: A Triple Intercalation?" The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Casey, P.M.,
"Culture and Historicity: The Cleansing of the Temple," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chance, J.
Bradley, "The Cursing of the Temple and the Tearing of the Veil in the
Gospel of Mark," Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Driggers, Ira
Brent, "The Politics of Divine Presence: Temple as Locus of Conflict in
the Gospel of Mark," Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hays, Richard B., "Can the Gospels
Teach Us How to Read the Old Testament?" Pro Ecclesia, 2002.
(Section on this text begins on p. 406)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Heil, John Paul,
"The Narrative Strategy and Pragmatics of the Temple Theme in Mark,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Seeley, David,
"Jesus' Temple Act," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Seeley, David,
"Jesus' Temple Act Revisited: A Response to P.M. Casey," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sleeman, Matthew,
"Mark, the Temple and Space: A Geographer's Response," Biblical
Interpretation, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smith, Stephen H.,
"The Literary Structure of Mark 11:1-12:40," Novum Testamentum,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wahlen, Clinton,
"The Temple in Mark and Contested Authority," Biblical Interpretation,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wenell, Karen J., "Contested Space
and Visionary Kingdom Space in Mark 11-12," Biblical Interpretation,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brown, Scott G.,
"Mark 11:1-12:12: A Triple Intercalation?" The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2002.
- Reviews:
- Review: Emilio G. Chavez, The Theological Significance of Jesus' Temple Action in Mark's Gospel. Meilen, 2002. Review by Timothy R Carmody in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "Jesus Cleanses the Temple," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Cleansing of the Temple," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
- "Jesus Chases the Moneychangers Out of the Temple," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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"The Cleansing of
the Temple,"
- Mark 11 & 12 Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
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