called a verbal thread. David Rhoads, Joanna Dewey, and Donald Michie identify several verbal threads in their seminal narrative-critical study of the Gospel of Mark. For example, Mark ties together two disparate narratives with a verbal thread that forces the reader to search for connections between the narratives. The word for ripping or tearing (Greek: ?????, schizo) is found at the baptism of Jesus in Mark 1:10 and at the rending of the temple veil in Mark 15:38.

Thematic patterning

Thematic patterning means the insertion

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