Effatha: aproximación exegética al relato de curación del tartamudo sordo en Mc 7,31-37

Abstract

It is not common that Jesus makes ritual deeds (or even magic!) in the healing stories shown throughout the canonical gospels. In general, his words and the people´s faith are enough. The story about the healing of the mute and deaf man in Mc 7:31-37 looks like an exception, which has called the attention of several scholars. In order to deepen in such matter and in the theological sense of the story, this article does an exegetical study taking into account its Greek version, its narrative and geographic framework, and the detailed analysis of each one of its scenes.

Keywords

• Biblical theology
• Disability in the Bible
• Gospel of Mark
• Healing
• Miracle