Compassion and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus

Jonathan W. Bryant, Ph.D (2023), Loyola University Chicago, is Senior Editor of Bibles and Bible reference works at Tyndale House Publishers and is an ordained minister of The Wesleyan Church.

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1 Emotions and the Miracles of Jesus


 1 Purpose and Course of Study


 2 Miracle Studies and the Treatment of Jesus’s Emotions


 3 Markan Character Studies and the Treatment of Jesus’s Emotions


 4 Emotions and the Bible


 5 Methodological Points





2 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Greco-Roman Literature


 1 Emotions in Ancient Literature


 2 Emotion in Greco-Roman Miracle Stories


 3 Summary of Findings





3 Miracle Workers and Emotion in Ancient Jewish Literature


 1 Emotion in Jewish Miracle Stories


 2 Summary of Findings from Second Temple Jewish Literature


 3 Conclusion: Emotions in Greco-Roman and Jewish Miracle Stories





4 ΠΛΑΓΧΝΟΝ in Ancient Literature and the Emergence of ΣΠΛΑΓΧΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ


 1 Σπλάγχνον in Greco-Roman Literature


 2 Σπλάγχνον in Hellenistic Jewish Literature


 3 Early Christian Literature


 4 Concluding Observations





5 ΣΠΛΑΓΧΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ and the Markan Jesus


 1 The Emotions of Jesus in Mark


 2 A Role for Emotions in the Characterization of Jesus in Mark


 3 Mark’s Narrative and the Miracle Stories


 4 Jesus’s Compassion in Individual Miracle Stories


 5 The Role of σπλαγχνίζομαι in the Characterization of Jesus in Mark





6 Conclusion


 1 Areas for Further Study


 2 Compassion and Today





Bibliography





Index of Subjects





Index of Ancient Sources