Friday, September 11, 2026

The Mystery of the Seven Loaves as Mythographic Composition in Mark • Richard Carrier Blogs

…But from the data we do have (as just surveyed), we can propose the most likely answer to “Jesus’s” query as Mark contrived it: 

“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” 

“Twelve,” they replied. 

“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” 

They answered, “Seven.” 

He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”…

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