The Poor Widow’s Mites. A Contextual Reading of Mark 12:41-44

Kubiś, Adam

The Poor Widow’s Mites. A Contextual Reading of Mark 12:41-44

dc.contributor.author	Kubiś, Adam
dc.date.accessioned	2017-12-11T11:30:00Z
dc.date.available	2017-12-11T11:30:00Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	An intriguing point of disagreement is evident among recent commentators on Mark 12:41-44 as to how we should understand the poor widow’s offering, whether as a positive or negative image. The crucial issue, raised for the first time by Addison G. Wright, is a proper grasp of the immediate narrative context of the poor widow’s story, which in his case produced the lamentable reading of the widow’s “deed.” Nevertheless, by widening the immediate narrative context and reading the account within the larger Markan framework, the interpretative ambiguity disappears. The widow is presented to Jesus’ disciples, and to the readers of the Markan story, as a positive example of selfdenial motivated by faith, love and devotion toward God. Thus, she not only stands as a symbol of the faithful remnant of Israel, but, most importantly, presents a picture of Jesus’ own self-offering on the cross.	pl
dc.identifier.citation	The Biblical Annales, 2013, Vol. 3, s. 339-381.	pl
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/215
dc.language.iso	en	pl
dc.publisher	Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Nauk Biblijnych	pl
dc.rights	CC0 1.0 uniwersalna	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/	*
dc.subject	Ewangelia św. Marka	pl
dc.subject	uboga wdowa	pl
dc.subject	wdowi grosz	pl
dc.subject	uczeń	pl
dc.subject	ofiara	pl
dc.subject	uczeni w Piśmie	pl
dc.subject	Gospel of Mark	pl
dc.subject	the poor widow	pl
dc.subject	widow’s mite	pl
dc.subject	offering	pl
dc.subject	discipleship	pl
dc.subject	scribes	pl
dc.title	The Poor Widow’s Mites. A Contextual Reading of Mark 12:41-44	pl
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	pl