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Mark 5:1-20
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| Historical
References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative texts about Spirit
Possession and Exorcism and Purity and Social Relations,
from Philo, Josephus, Lucian, Pseudepigrapha, Babylonian Talmud, Midrash,
Philostratus. At Mahlon H. Smith's (Rutgers University) Into His Own: Perspective on the World
of Jesus. |
| 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. |
| Exposition
of Mark 5:1-20,
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5:1 - 6:6, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
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"Jesus
Heals the Gerasene Demoniac," 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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"The Demon of Addiction: A Bible Study on Mark 5:1-20," Harry C. Kiely,
Sojourners Online, May/June 1996.
 | "Actually, this man is possessed by a demon, but I saw
him as a fellow drunk. The more I reflected on this story, the more I
realized how perfectly it describes the life of addiction and the good
news of the possibility of recovery." |
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"The
Demoniac Healed," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "The
Gerasene Demoniac," Robert Deffinbaugh, Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Some today have given demons far more
than their due by blaming demons for every malady of mankind. There is
the so-called demon of doubt, of anger, of overindulgence, of
drunkenness, laziness and so on. Let me say as graciously as I can,
Satan does not need to work on us in those areas as we are doing very
well without his exploitation." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Mark 5,"
"Legion,"
wikipedia. |
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"Jesus and Evil
Spirits," Daniel P. Schrock, Windows to the World of Jesus: Studies
of Mark's Gospel. (Continue to click on "next" at bottom of the page for
Class 8 to work through the material.) |
| "Miracles,
In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings,"
Jerome H. Neyrey, University of Notre Dame, 1995.
| "...we should attend to
the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or
politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they
socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the
seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What
if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing
shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover,
might have important political implications, for "prophets"
arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political
significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before
the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted
(Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)." |
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| "Conflicts
in Interpretation," Hans W. Frei, Yale University. Theology
Today, 1992.
| "Huxley declared that the
faithful could not have it both ways. Either the Evangelists were
fabricating a story when they spoke of Jesus casting out devils and
permitting them to enter a herd of swine, who immediately plunged
into the sea, or Jesus had wantonly destroyed the property of
others. Gladstone rose to the bait; roused by the suggestion that
Jesus might have undermined the fundamental liberal principle of the
sacredness of private property, he declared that this accusation
against our Lord was intolerable. The destruction of the swine was
legitimate because Jews were forbidden under Mosaic law to keep
pigs." |
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| "Demonism
in Jewish/Hellenistic Literature and Its Relation to Mark 5,"
by Greg Herrick at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "The Jewish source
materials that were written in and around the era of the shaping of the
N.T. contribute greatly to an understanding of the
historical/theological milieu of the Scriptures, in particular in this
study, references to demons and their relation to Mark 5." |
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"Jesus
and the Demons in the Gospel of Mark: Contrasting Secular and Animistic
Interpretations," Tod K. Vogt, Journal of Applied Missiology,
Abilene Christian University.
| "Fon Christians
perceive an ordered spiritual realm. They believe that there are greater
and lesser spiritual powers. They believe there are personal spiritual
powers and impersonal spiritual forces. When they read the Bible, this
perception is confirmed. They observe the demons and their reaction to
Jesus and understand Jesus to be near the top (if not at the top) of the
spiritual hierarchy. In this passage they see the inability of human
beings to control the demoniac and the ease with which Jesus casts out
Legion." |
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"Demonology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament," Hermann
Lichtenberger, Orion center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and
Associated Literature, 2004. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
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| Reviews:
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Reviews:
Michael Willett Newheart, "My Name Is
Legion": The Story and Soul of the Gerasene Demoniac.
Liturgical Press, 2004. Reviews by William Telford, D. Kille and Kamila Blessing, Review
of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
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Review:
Rami Arav and Richard A Freund, eds., Bethsaida: A City by the North
Shore of the Sea of Galilee. Truman State University, 2004. Review by
Mark Fairchild, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
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| Sermons:
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"Hopeful Coping
with Grief," Dr. John Claypool, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday
Evening Club, 2002.
| "There is a Gethsemane dimension to all
of our grieving. We go in like Jesus, asking for one thing and we come out
with something else. Here was a case where an experience of grief had
absolutely driven a human being crazy." |
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| Why Are You Afraid? Mark 4:35 - 5:20, by
Ray C. Stedman. Text
or Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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| Drama: |
| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art:
Jesus Drives Out a Demon, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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Bill the
Pig's Paranoia,
Piggy
Possession,
Pigs
Overboard,
Must...Follow...Friends,
Look Out
Below,
Turtle
Farmer,
Deviled
Ham,
When Life Gives Lemons, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net.
Check for printing permissions at right-hand side of destination page. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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