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Title: Bartimaeus’ Faith
Subtitle: Plot and Point of View in Mark 10,46-52
Author(s): OSSANDÓN, Juan Carlos
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 93    Issue: 3   Date: 2012   
Pages: 377-402
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.93.3.3188765

Abstract :
This analysis of the plot and the narrative point of view in Mark 10,46-52 sheds some light on the function of this episode in relation to the characterization of Jesus and of the disciples in Mark. Bartimaeus appears as a model of both confessing Jesus as Messiah and following him on the way to the cross. The narrator describes in detail Bartimaeus’ behavior, but it is Jesus who approves of it and implicitly accepts the blind man’s actions and words as a correct manifestation of faith in him.

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