Feeding the Five Thousand: Studies in the Judaic Background of Mark 6:30-44 par. and John 6:1-15

This book explores the many facets of early Palestinian Judaism which inform the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. Aus describes motifs in the narrative, as well as the Markan and Johannine redaction, analyzes the account's Semitic background, genre and historicity, and its part in a miracle collection.