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47 Verses 8 and 9 Pryke (p. 161) considers v. 8 to be redactional, and cites (p. 143) Kpateiv and napd8ooi<; as typically Marcan words. Lambrecht 1. The Pre-Marcan Tradition 41 (p. 51) notes that in his redactional w . 3 and 4 Mark has used KpaToOvxeq and rnv napd5ooiv in v. 3 and Kpatelv in v. 4. Lambrecht thinks that Mark 'distilled' his favourite term napd5ooi<; (which he uses five times in ch. 7) out of the kvx6X\\axa dvGpamcov of the Isaianic quotation. This, we think, places too high a premium on frequent usage.
Admittedly, syntax is not Lambrecht's only argument for deeming redactional the first limb of the v. 5 question, for he considers that limb to be part of the generalizing tendency of the redactor evinced in ndvx6<; oi IouSatoi in v. 3, the aXAa noAAa clause in v. 4b, and a similar clause at v. 13b. Nevertheless, we feel that Mark's evidence that the Pharisees asked a question in this form, is, at this stage, stronger than the opposing redactional evidence, and that the question should accordingly be retained in its entirety, for examination by form criticism.
34f. which follows the first pronouncement of the passion. Perhaps, however, the ingenuity of the critic here is greater than that of the author. A literary arch must have main pillars at each end, and the first summons and final dismissal are not readily apparent. 35). Admittedly, in response to the disciples' request that he send the people away, Jesus replies, 'Give them something to eat', which could be interpreted as a constructive summons, being a refusal of a dismissal; but surely an editor intending to arrange his material according to a particular pattern does not risk the reader noticing the design only by implication, but expressly marks it!