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Alphabet metaphor and word play

Mark begins the book with a demonstration of alphabetic metaphor and Hebrew word play.

Mr 1:1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Though Mark was written in Greek, we must remember that Peter was a Jew who spoke and thought in Hebrew.

'The beginning... Son of God' in Hebrew can be rendered:

בראשית ... בר אלהים

The aleph א

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Compare Mark 1:1 with Ge 1:1

בראשית בר א אלהים Mr 1:1

בראשית ברא אלהים Ge 1:1

Barashith bar a Elohim and Barashith bara Elohim

Hint: Could these closely sounding phrases have started John thinking about ברא the "Word which created" and inspire him to begin his gospel with an exposition of Ge 1:1? Such puns and riddles are the foundation of the way that Jesus and his disciples read the Old Testament scriptures.