The verse I chose to research was Mark 11:12, “Jesus Curses a Fig Tree.” The article I found discusses the importance of background knowledge and social context when reading and studying the bible.1
1. 1. D.E. Oakman “Cursing Fig Trees and Robbers’ Dens: Prounouncement Stories Within Social-Systemic Perspective: Mark 11:12-25 and Parallels.” Semia 64 (1993), 253.
Oakman, Douglas E. “Cursing Fig Trees and Robbers’ Dens: Prounouncement Stories Within Social-Systemic Perspective: Mark 11:12-25 and Parallels.” Semia 64 (1993), 253-272
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