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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:
The metaphor for the aleph א as the firmament between the waters, also includes the idea that "the word of God reconciled holiness and grace". This is the "good news of Jesus Christ".
Compare Mark 1:1 with 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 SP.
