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The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, and Sabbath), to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, and sociological approaches), from...

actions. Furthermore, these actions involve a healing. Silence commands were also characteristic of healing stories in the ancient world. They intended to keep the means or healing formulas a secret. Obviously, for Mark these silence commands no longer applied to Jesus’ healing technique, since none is given in the cleansing of the leper (1:40–45) and the formulas (Talitha cum and Ephphata) are actually translated for the reader (5:41; 7:34). Rather in these instances Jesus’ silence command seems
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