Delbert Burkett
Biographic Data
| ID | 2213627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Delbert Burkett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Delbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Burkett |
| SIGNATURE | BURKETT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Did Jews Rinse their Hands ‘with a Fist’ (Mark 7.3)
According to UBS 5 and NA 28 , Mark 7.3 says that Pharisees and other Jews do not eat unless they rinse their hands ‘with a fist’ (πυγμῇ). This notorious crux interpretum has resisted all efforts to give it a plausible meaning. The present article reviews these efforts and suggests that it is time to abandon this reading in favour of the variant reading πυκνά in the sense ‘repeatedly’. This translation best fits the practice described in the Mish…
Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity
The Case for Proto-Mark
In this book, Delbert Burkett provides the most comprehensive case to date for the Proto-Mark hypothesis, the theory that all three Synoptic evangelists (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) used a written source similar to, but earlier than, the Gospel of Mark. He offers new data that calls into question the main alternative theories.
The case for Proto-Mark
Delbert Burkett addresses the Synoptic Problem, the question of what sources were used by the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). The most common explanation for the materials hared by Matthew and luke (the double tradition) is that Matthew and Luke both used a source now lost, called Q. If we adopt the Q hypothesis to account for the double tradition, then what theory best accounts for the material that Matthew and Luke share with Mark (…
The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward (Luke 16.1–9)
The parable of the unrighteous steward encouraged rich individuals outside the Christian community to use their wealth to make friends of Jesus’ poor disciples, specifically by reducing their debts, so that in the eschatological kingdom Jesus’ disciples would receive these benefactors into their eternal dwellings. It had its setting in the efforts of early Palestinian Christians to enlist the financial support of the wealthy. Since many of these …
The Return to Proto-Mark
In my book Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark, I presented evidence for a new theory of Synoptic relations, in which all three Synoptics depended on earlier sources, including some form of a "Proto-Mark". My arguments for this theory have been criticized in two articles by David Neville. Neville's criticisms fall into three categories: general criticisms, criticisms of my evidence against direct dependence of one Synoptic on a…
Lord Jesus Christ
An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity
This book, first published in 2002, offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the New Testament and early Christian literature for all students of the Bible and anyone interested in the origins of Christianity. It is designed primarily for undergraduate courses in the New Testament, biblical studies and early Christianity. Delbert Burkett focuses on the New Testament, but also looks at a wealth of non-biblical writing to examine the …
The Nontitular Son of Man
The expression ⋯ νἱ⋯σ το⋯ ⋯νθρώπον, found primarily in the Gospels on the lips of Jesus, has been the object of a centuries-long investigation that has sought to determine its meaning and origin. Patristic and medieval authors understood the phrase as a title of Jesus meaning ‘the Son of the human’, with ‘the human’ referring to either Mary or Adam. With the renewal of learning in the Renaissance and Reformation, interpreters began to examine the…
The Nontitular Son of Man
The expression ⋯ νἱ⋯σ το⋯ ⋯νθρώπον, found primarily in the Gospels on the lips of Jesus, has been the object of a centuries-long investigation that has sought to determine its meaning and origin. Patristic and medieval authors understood the phrase as a title of Jesus meaning ‘the Son of the human’, with ‘the human’ referring to either Mary or Adam. With the renewal of learning in the Renaissance and Reformation, interpreters began to examine the…
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The Nontitular Son of Man
The expression ⋯ νἱ⋯σ το⋯ ⋯νθρώπον, found primarily in the Gospels on the lips of Jesus, has been the object of a centuries-long investigation that has sought to determine its meaning and origin. Patristic and medieval authors understood the phrase as a title of Jesus meaning ‘the Son of the human’, with ‘the human’ referring to either Mary or Adam. With the renewal of learning in the Renaissance and Reformation, interpreters began to examine the…
The Nontitular Son of Man
The expression ⋯ νἱ⋯σ το⋯ ⋯νθρώπον, found primarily in the Gospels on the lips of Jesus, has been the object of a centuries-long investigation that has sought to determine its meaning and origin. Patristic and medieval authors understood the phrase as a title of Jesus meaning ‘the Son of the human’, with ‘the human’ referring to either Mary or Adam. With the renewal of learning in the Renaissance and Reformation, interpreters began to examine the…
An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity
This book, first published in 2002, offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the New Testament and early Christian literature for all students of the Bible and anyone interested in the origins of Christianity. It is designed primarily for undergraduate courses in the New Testament, biblical studies and early Christianity. Delbert Burkett focuses on the New Testament, but also looks at a wealth of non-biblical writing to examine the …
Lord Jesus Christ
The Return to Proto-Mark
In my book Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark, I presented evidence for a new theory of Synoptic relations, in which all three Synoptics depended on earlier sources, including some form of a "Proto-Mark". My arguments for this theory have been criticized in two articles by David Neville. Neville's criticisms fall into three categories: general criticisms, criticisms of my evidence against direct dependence of one Synoptic on a…
Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity
The Case for Proto-Mark
In this book, Delbert Burkett provides the most comprehensive case to date for the Proto-Mark hypothesis, the theory that all three Synoptic evangelists (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) used a written source similar to, but earlier than, the Gospel of Mark. He offers new data that calls into question the main alternative theories.
The case for Proto-Mark
Delbert Burkett addresses the Synoptic Problem, the question of what sources were used by the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). The most common explanation for the materials hared by Matthew and luke (the double tradition) is that Matthew and Luke both used a source now lost, called Q. If we adopt the Q hypothesis to account for the double tradition, then what theory best accounts for the material that Matthew and Luke share with Mark (…
The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward (Luke 16.1–9)
The parable of the unrighteous steward encouraged rich individuals outside the Christian community to use their wealth to make friends of Jesus’ poor disciples, specifically by reducing their debts, so that in the eschatological kingdom Jesus’ disciples would receive these benefactors into their eternal dwellings. It had its setting in the efforts of early Palestinian Christians to enlist the financial support of the wealthy. Since many of these …
Did Jews Rinse their Hands ‘with a Fist’ (Mark 7.3)
According to UBS 5 and NA 28 , Mark 7.3 says that Pharisees and other Jews do not eat unless they rinse their hands ‘with a fist’ (πυγμῇ). This notorious crux interpretum has resisted all efforts to give it a plausible meaning. The present article reviews these efforts and suggests that it is time to abandon this reading in favour of the variant reading πυκνά in the sense ‘repeatedly’. This translation best fits the practice described in the Mish…
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