Fides 18 N2 - Revista do Centro Presbiteriano Andrew Jumper

João Paulo Thomaz de Aquino, Marcos 8.1-9 – A Segunda Multiplicação de Pães e Peixes
gentios, a apatia dos discípulos e o elemento eucarístico. Propõe-se, contudo,
que estas intepretações devam ser unidas e que a identificação de Jesus como
o pão necessita ser enfatizada.
abstract
The main goal of this article is to propose a meaning for Mark 8.1-9, the
second feeding account. The author shows that there are five different proposed
meanings for the passage. The solution presented by Aquino is a synthesis of
some of them. The meaning defended is that Mark presents Jesus as the bread
who fulfills the spiritual needs of the gentiles also. The method to extract the
meaning is a close reading, used here as the junction of the grammatical, syntactic,
discourse and contextual analyses together in order to obtain the original
meaning intended by the author.
keywords
Gospel of Mark 8.1-9; Second Feeding Miracle; Jesus; Disciples; Gentiles.
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