%0 Journal Article
%T A Sanctuary in the Heavens and the Ascension of the Son of Man: Reassessing the Logic of Jesus¡¯ Trial in Mark 14.53
%A Max Botner
%J Journal for the Study of the New Testament
%@ 1745-5294
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0142064X18821544
%X This article reappraises the underlying logic of Jesus¡¯ trial in Mk 14.53-65. I propose that the ¡®false¡¯ charge that Jesus intends to build the naos acheiropoie-tos (¡®sanctuary not made with hands¡¯, 14.58) evokes not a people but a place, the sanctuary in the heavens. Mark thereby invites the audience to envisage the Son of Man¡¯s ascension and enthronement (cf. 14.62), interpreted through the lenses of Dan. 7.13 and Ps. 110 (109 LXX), as the installation of a heavenly priest. This in turn suggests that the ¡®blasphemy¡¯ charge in 14.64 is not a piece of abstract Christology, but a grander christological and socio-political exposition of the implications of Christ¡¯s heavenly session for the evangelist and his auditors
%K Ascension
%K Gospel of Mark
%K messiah
%K priest
%K Son of Man
%K temple
%K sanctuary
%K trial of Jesus
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0142064X18821544