Sabbath

A Biblical-Theological Study of the Relationship Between the Theme of Rest and the Sabbath

by Casey Hough

This essay explores the theme of rest in relationship to the Sabbath throughout redemptive history. This essay explores the theme of rest in relationship to the Sabbath throughout redemptive history.

Schöpfung und Sabbat in Genesis 2,1–3

by Thomas Krüger

published in: C. Karrer-Grube, J. Krispenz, T. Krüger, C. Rose, A. Schellenberg, ed., Sprachen - Bilder - Klänge: Dimensionen der Theologie im Alten Testament und in seinem Umfeld: FS Rüdiger Bartelmus, AOAT 359, Münster: Ugarit, 2009, 155–169

“Stretch Out Your Hand!” Echo and Metalepsis in Mark's Sabbath Healing Controversy

by Kurt Queller

Compositional Strata in the Priestly Sabbath: Exodus 31:12–17 and 35:1–3

by Jeffrey Stackert

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 11 (2011), article 15

A Peace More Primordial Than War: William Desmond and the Sabbath as Festive Mindfulness

by Brendan Sammon

Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association Conference on Leisure, Chaminade University, HI, 2007.

It is often assumed that at the very base of all existence resides a primordial conflict, or war, that human reason... more It is often assumed that at the very base of all existence resides a primordial conflict, or war, that human reason alone orders and disciplines. But such a conclusion derives from certain philosophical assumptions as arbitrary as they are misguided. This presentation considers a different point of view, that of the contemporary philosopher William Desmond, whose metaphysics is based upon a primordial peace at the heart of all being. Recognizing this primordial peace requires recognizing the nature and limits of the kind of mind that concludes on a primordial war. The Sabbath for thought, configured as festive mindfulness – that is, as the contemplative celebration of mind’s limits in the face of being’s generous excess – becomes a way in which the original peace of being may be continually verified precisely as it is offered in this Sabbath.  That there is a peace more primordial than war is a reality whose truth is in excess of determinate categories.  This is why it requires a Sabbath: only when the mind willingly relinquishes its act of determination can it arrive at the contemplation of that after which this act is striving.  Only then can the mind experience the peace more primordial than war. 

Oracular Novellae and Biblical Historiography

by simeon chavel

Clio 39 (2009) 1–27

Theoretical considerations about law and narrative and their combination in biblical literature lead to a brief... more Theoretical considerations about law and narrative and their combination in biblical literature lead to a brief overview of biblical texts, prophetic and historiographical, advancing law (broadly construed), then to an analysis of four Priestly stories about the generation of new law, Lev 24:10-23 (about cursing the deity), Num 9:1-14 (about the secondary date for performing the Pesah), Num 15:32-36 (about Sabbath observance), and Num 27:1-11 (about inheritance by women), with implications for understanding the Priestly history.

Num 15,32-36

by simeon chavel

In: Sarah Shectman & Joel S. Baden, eds, The Strata of the Priestly Writings: Contemporary Debate and Future Directions (Zürich: TVZ, 2009) 45–55

An analysis of the Priestly story about the man caught gathering wood on the Sabbath. Highlighted are generic,... more An analysis of the Priestly story about the man caught gathering wood on the Sabbath. Highlighted are generic, intertextual, and ideological aspects of the passage and of the Priestly History. It also argues that though the story was composed with the Priestly History in mind, to be counted as part of the history, it was formulated on the premise it would not be incorporated into the scroll or set of scrolls that contained the History.

The Sabbath of the Land in the Holiness Legislation: Combining Priestly and Non-Priestly Perspectives

by Jeffrey Stackert

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011): 239-50

Ricardo M. Puno - (…nor on a Sabbath – Mt. 24:20)

by De La Salle University - Theology and Religious Education Department (TRED)

Published in Hapág: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research
Vol 1, No 2 (2004)

Markus-Evangelium

by daniel stoekl

Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum 24 (2010) 173-207 (proofs)

Survey of the usual introductory questions regarding the Gospel of Mark including the history of impact in ancient... more Survey of the usual introductory questions regarding the Gospel of Mark including the history of impact in ancient Christian literature, art and liturgy. Central point is that Mk is a "Jewish" Gospel written for readers familiar with Judaism and its traditions.

Contents
A. Verfasser, Ort, Zeit, Motivation.
I. Verfasser a. ,Markus‘ im NT b. Frühchristliche Legendenbildung
II. Ort. a. Interne Hinweise. 1. Sprache 2. Geographische Angaben b. Frühchristliche Zeugnisse
III. Zeit. a. Frühchristliche Zeugnisse b. Interne Hinweise u. Forschungsdiskussion
IV. Motivation

B. Textüberlieferung, Markusschluss, Glossen
I. Text
II. Markusschluss
III. Glossen, Interpolationen, Sondergut

C. Sprache u. Leser

D. Gattung u. Gliederung.
I. Gattung
II. Gliederung

E. Quellen

F. Berührungen mit Judentum u. Heidentum.
I. Judentum a. Altes Testament b. Jüdische Traditionen u. Institutionen c.Geographische Eingrenzung d. Auseinandersetzungen mit Juden. 1. Gruppen u. Themen
2. Reinheitsvorschriften 3. Sabbat 4. Tempel
II. Heidentum. a. Sprache u. Literatur b. Personen

G. Nachwirken.
I. Judentum u. Heidentum
II. Christentum. a. Synoptiker b. Literatur der ersten Heiden Jhh. 1. Apokryphe Texte 2. Autoren des 1. u. 2. Jh. 3.Clemens v. Alex. u. das ,Geheime Markus-Evangelium‘
c. Spätere Zeit. 1. Autoren des 3. bis 5. Jh. 2. Kommentare zum Markus-Evangelium d. Markinische Literatur u. Kult. 1. Markus-Akten u. hagiographische Tradition 2. Das Markus-Evangelium in Texten für den Gottesdienst 3. Reliquienkult e. Ikonographie 1. Markusfigur 2. Markussymbol 3. Markusfigur mit Symbol