The first disciples of Jesus in Galilee

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Guijarro, Santiago

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Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria

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Early Christian writings provide little information about the Jesus movement in Galilee, but the study of the pre-Synoptic-, and especially the pre-Markan collections, can shed some light on this important period of the beginnings of Christianity. This essay starts by reconstructing the pre-Markan collection of Galilean controversies (Mk 2:1-3:6) and argues that its composition could have taken place in Galilee. These controversies reflect a process of construction of group identity whose main traits can be identified with the aid of social identity and cultural memory studies. This process can also be placed in the historical context of the emergence of sectarian groups within Second Temple Judaism. The contention of this enquiry is that the pre-Markan collection of the Galilean controversies can provide valuable information about the first disciples of Jesus in Galilee.

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Disciples of Jesus Christ, Galilean controversies

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Guijarro, S 2007, 'The first disciples of Jesus in Galilee', HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 885-908. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_hervorm.html]