A Critical Review of Hoynes, Christine E. “The sound of Silence: Interpreting Mark 16:1-8” through the Centuries. Interpretation 65, no. 1(January 2011): 18-29.

Introduction

The ending of Jesus’s story in the Gospels is well-known. However, what we know as the ending of Mark’s Gospel was added after the original had written. As a matter of fact, Mark put such an abrupt ending for some reason. This absence has led to diverse interpretations and understandings, not only among theologians but also among artists through the history. Christine Hoyneys in her article The sound of Silence: Interpreting Mark shows the various interpretations on women’s silence in a wider context.

Summary

To begin with the author indicates the discrepancies and …show more content…
Additionally, a number of evidences make her argument non-biased and facilitate the reader’s further study. Thus, it can be said that she seems to achieve the aim to “seek to highlight the rich potential of Markan text by sampling a selection of interpretations from different contexts and period”

Another her breakthrough is that she gives a significant meaning to silence. As Pope Benedict XVI indicates, “silence is an integral element of communication; in its absence, words rich in content cannot exist.” Following this, the Pope underscores the importance of silence in reading the word of God;
The God of biblical revelation speaks also without words: “As the Cross of Christ demonstrates, God also speaks by his silence. The silence of God, the experience of the distance of the almighty Father, is a decisive stage in the earthly journey of the Son of God, the incarnate Word …. God’s silence prolongs his earlier words. In these moments of darkness, he speaks through the mystery of his silence” (Verbum Domini,