Jesus as the Serpent of Genesis in Secret Mark?
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:54 pm
If the Serpent of Genesis is seen as a positive figure (as he was really among some Gnostic sects), then the abandonment of the old skin by the Serpent was seen as the his more supreme Revelation.
The young man in Secret Mark has to abandon the "linen cloth" before Jesus the Serpent (and not before who arrested Jesus in Gethsemani), presumably to become his perfect image (so it is assumed that Jesus is already naked, without the his old skin, before the young):
Note also the function of the woman. She is judaizing insofar she believes (wrongly):
1) that Jesus is davidic
2) that his brother, new Adam, is died in virtue of the his original sin.
So Jesus may be hungry against her.
The young man in Secret Mark has to abandon the "linen cloth" before Jesus the Serpent (and not before who arrested Jesus in Gethsemani), presumably to become his perfect image (so it is assumed that Jesus is already naked, without the his old skin, before the young):
"And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, 'Son of David, have mercy on me.' But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the garden where the tomb was, and straightway a great cry was heard from the tomb. And going near Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand. But the youth, looking upon him, loved him and began to beseech him that he might be with him. And going out of the tomb they came into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. And thence, arising, he returned to the other side of the Jordan."
Note also the function of the woman. She is judaizing insofar she believes (wrongly):
1) that Jesus is davidic
2) that his brother, new Adam, is died in virtue of the his original sin.
So Jesus may be hungry against her.