Studying lectionary texts? Here are some starting places for study at ATLA this week. If you are the graduate of an accredited U.S. theological school, you may have free access to these articles through your school. Check ATLAS access options. You can find full lists of ATLAS recommended articles for this week at The Text This Week's page for this week's texts:
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Epiphany1 / Ordinary 1 / Baptism of Jesus
- Wyatt, Nicolas, "The Darkness of Genesis 1:2,"Vetus Testamentum, 1993.
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“We have encountered a wide range of associated motifs—thw wbhw, blymh, thwm, mym, \s and hsk—which are figures for the same thing, the invisibility of God with particular reference to the primordial context of cosmogony.”
- Mellish, Kevin, "Creation as Social and Political Order in Ancient Thought and the Hebrew Bible,"Wesleyan Theological Journal, 2009.
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“…in examining creation narratives, we can learn about the ancient societies that produced these accounts in addition to appreciating their theological/ideological message concerning the origins of the cosmos.”
- Mays, James L., "Expository Article: Psalm 29,"Interpretation, 1985.
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“Where physics and biology are allowed to empty the mythopoetic vision, our lives are cramped within horizons of our own making. Religion and theology are increasingly dominated by psychology and existentialism because they have retreated to inner space to contemplate the human psyche and consciousness. The thunderstorm as theophany is a sign that the Lord is God also of outer space.”
- Ulansey, David, "The Heavenly Veil Torn: Mark's Cosmic 'Inclusio'," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1991.
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“We may therefore conclude (1) that Mark did indeed have in mind the outer veil, and (2) that Mark did indeed imagine a link between the tearing of the heavens and the tearing of the temple veil—since we can now see that in fact in both cases the heavens were torn—and that Mark intentionally inserted the motif of the "tearing of the heavenly veil" at both the precise beginning and at the precise end of the earthly career of Jesus, in order to create a powerful and intriguing symbolicinclusio.”
- Harrisville, Roy A., III, "Between Text & Sermon: Mark 1:4-11," Interpretation, 1993.
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“In the gospel of Mark, Jesus' baptism marks the change of ages and the dawning of God's kingdom on earth. It demonstrates God's identification with sinners and serves to inaugurate the divine mission of salvation through the cross. Christian baptism, therefore, by its identification with the baptism of Jesus, involves death. By the same token, however, it also involves eternal life.”
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