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| | Caesarea Philippi vs. Judean Provenance |
 | | The family of Jesus, by virtue of its conservative Judean = orientation reflected in James as its leader, is aligned by Mark in this = passage with the Judean establishment, represented by the Pharisees, in = its opposition to the Markan Jesus and his Galilean anti-Judean posture. |
 | | The fleeing Judeans, or some = fleeing Judeans, brought it to the Caesarea Philippi and Mark gained = access to it there, sometime between 40 C. E and the time he writes, = post 70's. |
 | | The "laws of = the=20 Judeans," were the laws which the Jerusalem establishment tried to = impose upon=20 outlying Jewish populations beyond Judea, such as Galilee, in order to = bring=20 them in line with the temple establishment's "great tradition" through = their=20 retainers such as the scribes and Pharisees. |
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