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to provide an interpretative clue for how to read Mark.
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We're going to read Mark as Mark by itself,
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and that's one of the fundamental rules of historical criticism
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is don't harmonize different texts in the Bible.
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Take them each individually.
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Another one is you have to avoid anachronism that
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is you can't attribute a meaning to the text of Mark
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that doesn't make sense in the first century in his own context.
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For example, if you're a Christian,
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you're going to read some of the Psalms in the Hebrew Bible
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as being about Jesus, probably, most Christians do.
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When the Psalmist says, "The Lord said to my Lord,