The CatenainMarcum Text and Editions for New Testament Study Editedby StanleyE.PorterandWendyJ.Porter VOLUME6 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.nl/tent The Catena in Marcum A Byzantine Anthology of Early Commentary on Mark Editedandtranslatedby WilliamR.S.Lamb LEIDEN•BOSTON 2012 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData CatenainMarcum.English. ThecatenainMarcum:aByzantineanthologyofearlycommentaryonMark/editedand translatedbyWilliamR.S.Lamb. p.cm.–(TextsandeditionsforNewTestamentstudy,ISSN1574-7085;v.6) "CommonlyattributedtoVictorofAntioch"–Introd. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBN978-90-04-22431-5(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Bible.N.T.Mark–Commentaries–Earlyworksto1800.2.Bible.N.T.Mark–Criticism, interpretation,etc.I.Lamb,WilliamR.S.II.Victor,ofAntioch.III.Title. 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Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. CONTENTS Acknowledgements..................................................... ix ListofAbbreviations.................................................... xi PARTI INTRODUCTION 1. PatristicExegesisandtheTheologicalInterpretationofScripture... 3 a. PatristicExegesisinRecentScholarship......................... 8 b. TheTheologicalInterpretationofScripture..................... 11 c. ThePresentStudy ............................................... 19 2. TheCatenainMarcum............................................... 27 a. The‘Genealogy’oftheCatenainMarcum ....................... 32 i. JohnCramer(1840).......................................... 33 ii. JohnBurgon(1871) .......................................... 36 iii. HaroldSmith(1918) ......................................... 40 iv. RobertDevreesse(1928)..................................... 47 v. JosephReuss(1941).......................................... 51 b. TheOpenBook.................................................. 58 c. TheSourcesoftheCatenainMarcum ........................... 65 d. DateandProvenance............................................ 71 3. Commentary,Anthology,andtheScholasticTradition.............. 75 a. PatternsofPaideiaintheByzantineWorld...................... 80 i. TheScholasticHandbookand‘theOpenBook’ ............. 91 ii. LiteraryScholiaandMarginalia............................. 94 iii. TheCompilationofAnthologies ............................ 98 b. ProcopiusofGazaandtheScholasticTradition ................. 103 c. A‘ProgressiveSterility’? ......................................... 108 4. LettheReaderUnderstand .......................................... 111 a. TheObscurityofTexts........................................... 113 i. AllegoricalReading.......................................... 118 ii. FiguralReading.............................................. 128 b. TheLegacyoftheGrammarian.................................. 133 c. TheLiteraryTrajectory .......................................... 138 vi contents 5. TheDiscrepanciesbetweentheGospels............................. 141 a. TheEusebianCanons............................................ 145 b. DiscrepanciesandtheirExplanationintheCatenainMarcum 149 c. TheHistoricalTrajectory ........................................ 157 6. WhoDoYouSaythatIam?.......................................... 163 a. TheChalcedonianSettlement................................... 168 b. CyrilofAlexandriaandtheCatenainMarcum .................. 173 c. ThePuzzleofChristusNesciens.................................. 179 d. MakingSenseofMark’sChristology............................. 184 e. TheDogmaticTrajectory ........................................ 190 7. Conclusion........................................................... 199 PARTII THECATENAINMARCUM ChapterHeadingsfortheGospelAccordingtoMark................... 213 TheHypothesis:SaintCyrilofAlexandria,OntheGospelAccordingto SaintMark ........................................................... 215 THEGOSPELACCORDINGTOMARK Chapter1................................................................ 221 1. Onthedemoniac ................................................ 232 2. OnPeter’smother-in-law........................................ 234 3. Onthehealingofvariousdiseases............................... 236 4. Ontheleper ..................................................... 239 Chapter2 ............................................................... 243 5. Ontheparalytic ................................................. 243 6. OnLevithetaxcollector......................................... 247 Chapter3 ............................................................... 255 7. Onthemanwithawitheredhand............................... 255 8. Onthechoosingoftheapostles ................................. 258 Chapter4 ............................................................... 265 9. Ontheparableofthesower ..................................... 265 10. Onthecalmingofthewaters.................................... 277 Chapter5 ............................................................... 281 11. OnLegion ....................................................... 281 12. Ontheleaderofthesynagogue’sdaughter ...................... 286 13. Onthewomanwithahaemorrhage............................. 287 contents vii Chapter6 ............................................................... 291 14. Onthecommissioningoftheapostles........................... 292 15. OnJohnandHerod.............................................. 294 16. Onthefiveloavesandthetwofishes............................ 296 17. Onthewalkingonthesea....................................... 299 Chapter7 ............................................................... 305 18. OnthetransgressionofthecommandsofGod.................. 305 19. OnthePhoenicianwoman ...................................... 308 20. Onthedeafanddumbman ..................................... 310 Chapter8 ............................................................... 313 21. Onthesevenloaves ............................................. 313 22. OntheleavenofthePharisees................................... 316 23. Ontheblindman................................................ 317 24. OnthequestioninginCaesarea ................................. 318 Chapter9 ............................................................... 327 25. OnthetransfigurationofJesus .................................. 327 26. Ontheepileptic ................................................. 336 27. Onthequarrelsaboutwhoisthegreatest....................... 341 Chapter10 .............................................................. 351 28. OnthePhariseeswhoaskedquestions .......................... 351 29. OntherichmanwhoquestionedJesus.......................... 357 30. OnthesonsofZebedee.......................................... 367 31. OnBartimaeus................................................... 371 Chapter11............................................................... 373 32. Onthecolt....................................................... 373 33. Onthewitheredfigtree ......................................... 375 34. Onthecapacityforforgiveness.................................. 381 35. OnthechiefpriestsandscribeswhoquestionedtheLord ...... 381 Chapter12 .............................................................. 385 36. Onthevineyard ................................................. 385 37. Onthosesenttoaskaboutthepolltax.......................... 388 38. OntheSadducees ............................................... 389 39. Onthescribe .................................................... 391 40. OnquestioningfromtheLord................................... 393 41. Onthetwocoins ................................................ 396 Chapter13 .............................................................. 397 42. Ontheend....................................................... 397 43. Onthatdayandthathour....................................... 407 viii contents Chapter14 .............................................................. 413 44. OnthewomanwhoanointedtheLordwithsweetperfume .... 413 45. OnthePassover ................................................. 417 46. Ontheprophecyofbetrayal..................................... 420 47. OnPeter’sdenial ................................................ 430 Chapter15 .............................................................. 437 48. OntherequestforthebodyoftheLord ......................... 452 Chapter16 .............................................................. 455 Appendix.TheSourcesoftheCatenainMarcum....................... 461 Bibliography............................................................ 479 IndexofBiblicalReferences ............................................ 493 IndexofModernAuthors............................................... 503 IndexofSubjects ....................................................... 506 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ThepresentvolumeisanadaptationofmydoctoralresearchintheDepart- mentofBiblicalStudiesintheUniversityofSheffield.Iamextremelygrate- fultotheUniversityofSheffieldforthebursary,whichfundedthisresearch, andforthecompanyoffellowstudentsandstaffwhomadeitsuchanenjoy- ableandstimulatingplacetoworkandtostudy.ProfessorLovedayAlexan- der, my supervisor, provided me with wise advice and gentle encourage- ment,particularlywhenothercommitmentsattheUniversityofSheffield andSheffieldCathedralthreatenedtodelaythecompletionofthisproject. IamverygratefultotheRtRevdJackNichollsforgrantingsomesabbatical leavetoallowmetocompletethisproject. Ialsowanttorecordmythankstothefollowingfortheirwisdom,insight and encouragement: Dr Will Adam, Professor Philip Alexander, Fr Peter AllanCR,theVeryRevdPeterBradley,theRevdGillianCooper,Professor JamesCrossley,CanonSimonCowling,ProfessorPhilipDavies,DrAndrew Davison,DrDianaEdelman,ProfessorJ.KeithElliott,ProfessorSarahFoot, CanonJamesGarrard,CanonJoanneGrenfell,ProfessorWilliamHorbury, DrChristineJoynes,DrLindaKirk,DrSuilinLavelle,DrJohnLyons,DrBarry Matlock,DrAndrewMein,ProfessorJorunnØkland,ProfessorHughPyper, DrVickyRaymer,ProfessorJohnRogerson,ProfessorChrisRowland,Canon MartinSeeley,DrSteveShakespeareandDrLionelWickham.Iwouldalso liketothankthestaffoftheBodleianLibrary,Oxford,andtheBibliothèque Nationale,Paris,forhelpingmetolocatemanyoftheoriginalmanuscripts oftheCatenainMarcum.IwishtothankalsoProfessorStanleyPorterand thepublishersatBrillfortheirhelpfuladviceandsupport. Thisprojectaroseinpartoutofaconversationwithmysister,Charlotte, about a rather obscure text which she subsequently tracked down in the BodleianLibrary.ThiswasacopyofJohnCramer’seditionoftheCatenain Marcum.Shemaybesurprisedtoseeitreappearinghereinarathermore accessibleform.Nevertheless,forthisIoweCharlotteaconsiderabledebt.