The books or articles quoted in my commentary are:

Binding the Strong Man : A Political Reading of Mark's Gospel by Ched Myers

What Jesus Meant by Gary Wills

The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: The Spiral of Violence - Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 

https://cac.org/daily-meditations/world-flesh-devil-spiral-violence-2015-10-21/

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