{"id":514,"date":"2012-06-28T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2012-06-28T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:53:48","slug":"var-_gaq-_gaq-_gaq-push_setaccount-ua-25646250-2-_gaq-push_trackpageview-function-var-ga-document-createelementscript-ga-type-textjava-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">    var _gaq = _gaq || [];   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25646250-2']);   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);    (function() {     var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text\/javascript'; ga.async = true;     ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https:\/\/ssl' : 'http:\/\/www') + '.google-analytics.com\/ga.js';     var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);   })();  <\/script>  <\/heat> Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>The notes provided for Mk. 5:21 \u2013 43 are particularly helpful, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/scripture.cfm?bk=Mark&amp;ch=5&amp;v=49005021\">http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/scripture.cfm?bk=Mark&amp;ch=5&amp;v=49005021<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>As the notes state this passage tells us of two stories; the first is a story of the raising to life of the daughter of Jairus which appears in vs. 5:21 \u2013 24 and vs. 5: 35 \u2013 43, interspersed between this story is the story of the cure of the woman with a hemorrhage told in verses 5:25 \u2013 34.\u00a0 Matthew abbreviates his account of this passage in Mt. 9:18 \u2013 26 while Luke rewrote it in Lk. 8:40 \u2013 56.<\/h3>\n<h3>The fact that the story appears in three different accounts is one of the many reasons that a problem was identified out of historical studies that scholars name the Synoptic Problem.\u00a0 We can\u2019t get into that right now because most scholars believe that Mark\u2019s version is the more primitive, earlier account. \u00a0Although in all likelihood this story reflects some event in the life of the historical Jesus, and was remembered and retold, and then written down in a collection of related stories. \u00a0It is this that was passed on [the early Christian &#8220;tradition&#8221; which means handing on] to Mark.<\/h3>\n<h3>It is also highly probably that these two stories were originally separate stories that Mark weaves together in the manner that he did. \u00a0To stay focused, I have edited the reading so that we can dialogue on just the passage dealing with the raising of the daughter of Jairus.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Our Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Our three basic questions can help us focus.\u00a0 First who are the characters in the edited passage?\u00a0 Second, what is the \u201cwhen\u201d of the passage?\u00a0 It will help if you set this passage in the larger context of Mark\u2019s Gospel by looking back to the previous two stories; the three are related in Mark\u2019s development of his Gospel.\u00a0 There is always the \u201cwhen\u201d of us today.\u00a0 It helps a great deal to reflect on the period you are in in your life for the Gospel reading has meaning in that concrete, specific period of our life in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.\u00a0 Finally, what is the plot, what is Mark driving at, his point?\u00a0 Think of the characters in the story, their individual roles and how they link together.\u00a0 Also there are a number of incongruities; can you detect any of them?<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The \u201cedited\u201d Reading<\/strong>&#8212; <em>Jairus\u2019s Daughter<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>22 One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward.<strong><\/strong>\u00a0Seeing him [Jesus] he fell at his feet<\/p>\n<p>23 and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, \u201cMy daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her\u00a0that she may get well and live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>35\u00a0While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official\u2019s house arrived and said, \u201cYour daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>36 Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, \u201cDo not be afraid; just have faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>37 He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside \u2026<\/p>\n<p>38 When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.<\/p>\n<p>39\u00a0So he went in and said to them, \u201cWhy this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>40 And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child\u2019s father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.<\/p>\n<p>41 He took the child by the hand and said to her, \u201c<em>Talitha koum<\/em>,\u201d which means, \u201cLittle girl, I say to you, arise!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>42 The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. [At that] they were utterly astounded.<\/p>\n<p>43 He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Your responses, questions, and \/ or comments are welcomed.\u00a0 You can add them by clicking on the comment link at the end of this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background The notes provided for Mk. 5:21 \u2013 43 are particularly helpful, http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/scripture.cfm?bk=Mark&amp;ch=5&amp;v=49005021 As the notes state this passage tells us of two stories; the first is a story of the raising to life of the daughter of Jairus which &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/?p=514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,7,18,6],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-historical-method","tag-modern-scripture-scholarship","tag-religion-and-culture","tag-scripture-criticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rjr.richardross.annaerossi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}