The Catena in Marcum: A Byzantine Anthology of Early Commentary on Mark

525 Pages·2012·2.63 MB·English

by  William R. S. Lamb

The CatenainMarcum
Text and Editions for
New Testament Study
Editedby
StanleyE.PorterandWendyJ.Porter
VOLUME6
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The Catena in Marcum
A Byzantine Anthology of Early Commentary on Mark
Editedandtranslatedby
WilliamR.S.Lamb
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2012
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements..................................................... ix
ListofAbbreviations.................................................... xi
PARTI
INTRODUCTION
1. PatristicExegesisandtheTheologicalInterpretationofScripture... 3
a. PatristicExegesisinRecentScholarship......................... 8
b. TheTheologicalInterpretationofScripture..................... 11
c. ThePresentStudy ............................................... 19
2. TheCatenainMarcum............................................... 27
a. The‘Genealogy’oftheCatenainMarcum ....................... 32
i. JohnCramer(1840).......................................... 33
ii. JohnBurgon(1871) .......................................... 36
iii. HaroldSmith(1918) ......................................... 40
iv. RobertDevreesse(1928)..................................... 47
v. JosephReuss(1941).......................................... 51
b. TheOpenBook.................................................. 58
c. TheSourcesoftheCatenainMarcum ........................... 65
d. DateandProvenance............................................ 71
3. Commentary,Anthology,andtheScholasticTradition.............. 75
a. PatternsofPaideiaintheByzantineWorld...................... 80
i. TheScholasticHandbookand‘theOpenBook’ ............. 91
ii. LiteraryScholiaandMarginalia............................. 94
iii. TheCompilationofAnthologies ............................ 98
b. ProcopiusofGazaandtheScholasticTradition ................. 103
c. A‘ProgressiveSterility’? ......................................... 108
4. LettheReaderUnderstand .......................................... 111
a. TheObscurityofTexts........................................... 113
i. AllegoricalReading.......................................... 118
ii. FiguralReading.............................................. 128
b. TheLegacyoftheGrammarian.................................. 133
c. TheLiteraryTrajectory .......................................... 138
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5. TheDiscrepanciesbetweentheGospels............................. 141
a. TheEusebianCanons............................................ 145
b. DiscrepanciesandtheirExplanationintheCatenainMarcum 149
c. TheHistoricalTrajectory ........................................ 157
6. WhoDoYouSaythatIam?.......................................... 163
a. TheChalcedonianSettlement................................... 168
b. CyrilofAlexandriaandtheCatenainMarcum .................. 173
c. ThePuzzleofChristusNesciens.................................. 179
d. MakingSenseofMark’sChristology............................. 184
e. TheDogmaticTrajectory ........................................ 190
7. Conclusion........................................................... 199
PARTII
THECATENAINMARCUM
ChapterHeadingsfortheGospelAccordingtoMark................... 213
TheHypothesis:SaintCyrilofAlexandria,OntheGospelAccordingto
SaintMark ........................................................... 215
THEGOSPELACCORDINGTOMARK
Chapter1................................................................ 221
1. Onthedemoniac ................................................ 232
2. OnPeter’smother-in-law........................................ 234
3. Onthehealingofvariousdiseases............................... 236
4. Ontheleper ..................................................... 239
Chapter2 ............................................................... 243
5. Ontheparalytic ................................................. 243
6. OnLevithetaxcollector......................................... 247
Chapter3 ............................................................... 255
7. Onthemanwithawitheredhand............................... 255
8. Onthechoosingoftheapostles ................................. 258
Chapter4 ............................................................... 265
9. Ontheparableofthesower ..................................... 265
10. Onthecalmingofthewaters.................................... 277
Chapter5 ............................................................... 281
11. OnLegion ....................................................... 281
12. Ontheleaderofthesynagogue’sdaughter ...................... 286
13. Onthewomanwithahaemorrhage............................. 287
contents vii
Chapter6 ............................................................... 291
14. Onthecommissioningoftheapostles........................... 292
15. OnJohnandHerod.............................................. 294
16. Onthefiveloavesandthetwofishes............................ 296
17. Onthewalkingonthesea....................................... 299
Chapter7 ............................................................... 305
18. OnthetransgressionofthecommandsofGod.................. 305
19. OnthePhoenicianwoman ...................................... 308
20. Onthedeafanddumbman ..................................... 310
Chapter8 ............................................................... 313
21. Onthesevenloaves ............................................. 313
22. OntheleavenofthePharisees................................... 316
23. Ontheblindman................................................ 317
24. OnthequestioninginCaesarea ................................. 318
Chapter9 ............................................................... 327
25. OnthetransfigurationofJesus .................................. 327
26. Ontheepileptic ................................................. 336
27. Onthequarrelsaboutwhoisthegreatest....................... 341
Chapter10 .............................................................. 351
28. OnthePhariseeswhoaskedquestions .......................... 351
29. OntherichmanwhoquestionedJesus.......................... 357
30. OnthesonsofZebedee.......................................... 367
31. OnBartimaeus................................................... 371
Chapter11............................................................... 373
32. Onthecolt....................................................... 373
33. Onthewitheredfigtree ......................................... 375
34. Onthecapacityforforgiveness.................................. 381
35. OnthechiefpriestsandscribeswhoquestionedtheLord ...... 381
Chapter12 .............................................................. 385
36. Onthevineyard ................................................. 385
37. Onthosesenttoaskaboutthepolltax.......................... 388
38. OntheSadducees ............................................... 389
39. Onthescribe .................................................... 391
40. OnquestioningfromtheLord................................... 393
41. Onthetwocoins ................................................ 396
Chapter13 .............................................................. 397
42. Ontheend....................................................... 397
43. Onthatdayandthathour....................................... 407
viii contents
Chapter14 .............................................................. 413
44. OnthewomanwhoanointedtheLordwithsweetperfume .... 413
45. OnthePassover ................................................. 417
46. Ontheprophecyofbetrayal..................................... 420
47. OnPeter’sdenial ................................................ 430
Chapter15 .............................................................. 437
48. OntherequestforthebodyoftheLord ......................... 452
Chapter16 .............................................................. 455
Appendix.TheSourcesoftheCatenainMarcum....................... 461
Bibliography............................................................ 479
IndexofBiblicalReferences ............................................ 493
IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 503
IndexofSubjects ....................................................... 506
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ThepresentvolumeisanadaptationofmydoctoralresearchintheDepart-
mentofBiblicalStudiesintheUniversityofSheffield.Iamextremelygrate-
fultotheUniversityofSheffieldforthebursary,whichfundedthisresearch,
andforthecompanyoffellowstudentsandstaffwhomadeitsuchanenjoy-
ableandstimulatingplacetoworkandtostudy.ProfessorLovedayAlexan-
der, my supervisor, provided me with wise advice and gentle encourage-
ment,particularlywhenothercommitmentsattheUniversityofSheffield
andSheffieldCathedralthreatenedtodelaythecompletionofthisproject.
IamverygratefultotheRtRevdJackNichollsforgrantingsomesabbatical
leavetoallowmetocompletethisproject.
Ialsowanttorecordmythankstothefollowingfortheirwisdom,insight
and encouragement: Dr Will Adam, Professor Philip Alexander, Fr Peter
AllanCR,theVeryRevdPeterBradley,theRevdGillianCooper,Professor
JamesCrossley,CanonSimonCowling,ProfessorPhilipDavies,DrAndrew
Davison,DrDianaEdelman,ProfessorJ.KeithElliott,ProfessorSarahFoot,
CanonJamesGarrard,CanonJoanneGrenfell,ProfessorWilliamHorbury,
DrChristineJoynes,DrLindaKirk,DrSuilinLavelle,DrJohnLyons,DrBarry
Matlock,DrAndrewMein,ProfessorJorunnØkland,ProfessorHughPyper,
DrVickyRaymer,ProfessorJohnRogerson,ProfessorChrisRowland,Canon
MartinSeeley,DrSteveShakespeareandDrLionelWickham.Iwouldalso
liketothankthestaffoftheBodleianLibrary,Oxford,andtheBibliothèque
Nationale,Paris,forhelpingmetolocatemanyoftheoriginalmanuscripts
oftheCatenainMarcum.IwishtothankalsoProfessorStanleyPorterand
thepublishersatBrillfortheirhelpfuladviceandsupport.
Thisprojectaroseinpartoutofaconversationwithmysister,Charlotte,
about a rather obscure text which she subsequently tracked down in the
BodleianLibrary.ThiswasacopyofJohnCramer’seditionoftheCatenain
Marcum.Shemaybesurprisedtoseeitreappearinghereinarathermore
accessibleform.Nevertheless,forthisIoweCharlotteaconsiderabledebt.