Miscellanea Evangelica: Volume 2, Christ's Miracles of Feeding

This book forms the second part of two volumes on the historical significance of various elements of the Bible.

Edwin A. Abbott (Author)

9781107600195, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2011

208 pages
21.6 x 1.2 x 14 cm, 0.27 kg

Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926) was a schoolmaster and theologian well known as the author of the religious and mathematical allegory Flatland (1884). This book was originally published in 1913, forming the second part of two volumes on the historical significance of various elements of the Bible. The elements analysed within the books are diverse, ranging from differences of phraseology between the Gospels to the significance of ritual. The key aim is to contextualise these elements as a means of gaining a greater understanding of the meaning behind the Scriptures. Both books will be of value to anyone with an interest in Biblical exegesis and the history of theology.

References and abbreviations
1. The complexity of the evidence
2. Traces of metaphor underlying the narratives about the 'baskets'
3. The immediate sequel to John the Baptist's death
4. 'And he saith unto them, come ye ... and rest a little,' in Mark
5. 'Come ye, [by] yourselves, apart, into a desert place,' in Mark
6. The concourse of 'many,' in Mark
7. 'They had no leisure so much as to eat,' in Mark
8. 'To a desert place apart,' in Mark and Matthew
9. 'In the boat,' in Mark
10. Signs of conflation in Mark
11. 'On foot,' in Mark and Matthew
12. 'He had compassion,' in Mark and Matthew
13. 'They were as sheep not having a shepherd,' in Mark and Matthew
14. 'Shepherd' (sing.) nowhere mentioned by Luke
15. 'And he began to teach them many things,' in Mark
16. 'When the day was now far spent,' in Mark
17. 'They continue with me now three days,' in Mark and Matthew
18. 'Buying' or 'whence?'
19. 'Two hundred pennyworth' in Mark and John
20. 'How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see,' in Mark
21. 'There is a lad here,' in John
22. 'Here,' in all the Gospels
23. 'By companies,' 'by ranks,' in Mark
24. 'On the green grass' in Mark
25. 'By hundreds and by fifties,' in Mark
26. 'Taking,' 'blessing,' and 'looking up to heaven'
27. 'Breaking in pieces' or 'breaking'
28. 'And the two fishes he divided among [them] all,' in Mark
29. 'Twelve basketfuls' (R. V.) in Mark
30. 'They that ate the loaves,' in Mark
31. 'Five thousand men' or 'about five thousand [men]'
32. Irenaeus and Origen on the 'five thousand' in the Acts, and Clement of Alexandria on the 'five loaves'
33. 'Give ye them to eat,' why omitted by John
34. 'Eating' in the presence of the Lord
35. 'That he should give something to the poor,' in John
36. 'We all partake of the one loaf'
37. 'Jesus ... taketh the loaf and giveth to them,' in John
38. Christ's 'leaven'
39. The passionateness of Eucharist
40. The 'kiss of love'
41. 'Testament' or 'covenant'
42. 'Testament' in the Gospels.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB]