What is it about?
Mark's "certain man" (of 10:17-22) displays a deficient, emotional faith throughout his encounter with Jesus. The proposed intertextuality with Malachi illuminates his failure in its Markan cotext. In this vein, it further posits a new avenue of interpretation for his "falling" in the Lord's presence.
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Why is it important?
Scholarship has not adequately addressed Jesus's "addition" to the Decalogue in Mark 10:19 ("Do not defraud").
Perspectives
I enjoy exploring emotional experience in Scripture, especially in the Gospel of Mark. Though emotion theory is not central to this article, I offer some critical reflection on the so-called emotion of Jesus's love (Mark 10:21).
Dr. Richard James Hicks
Fuller Theological Seminary
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This page is a summary of: Markan Discipleship according to Malachi: The Significance of μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς in the Story of the Rich Man (Mark 10:17—22), Journal of Biblical Literature, January 2013, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/23488243.
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