The Christology of Mark's Gospel

The Christology of Mark's Gospel
Author: Jack Dean Kingsbury
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1983
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451410075

This important work represents a major methodological advance in the study of the Gospels.... The result is a significant reassessment of Mark's Christology and a stunning, new interpretation of the secrecy motif.

The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Mark
Author:
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 73
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0857860976

The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave

Christology in Mark's Gospel: Four Views

Christology in Mark's Gospel: Four Views
Author: J. R. Daniel Kirk
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310538726

Gain Insights on Mark's Christology from Today's Leading Scholars The Gospel of Mark, widely assumed to be the earliest narrative of Jesus's life and the least explicit in terms of Christology, has long served as a worktable for the discovery of Christian origins and developing theologies. The past ten years of scholarship have seen an unprecedented shift toward an early, high Christology, the notion that very early in the history of the Jesus movement his followers worshipped him as God. Other studies have challenged this view, arguing that Mark's story is incomplete, intentionally ambiguous, or presents Jesus in entirely human terms. Christology in Mark's Gospel: Four Views brings together key voices in conversation in order to offer a clear entry point into early Christians' understanding of Jesus's identity: Sandra Huebenthal (Suspended Christology), Larry W. Hurtado (Mark's Presentation of Jesus; with rejoinder by Chris Keith), J. R. Daniel Kirk (Narrative Christology of a Suffering King), and Adam Winn (Jesus as the YHWH of Israel in the Gospel of Mark). Each author offers a robust presentation of their position, followed by lively interaction with the other contributors and one "last-word" rejoinder. The significance of this discussion is contextualized by the general editor Anthony Le Donne's introduction and summarized in the conclusion. The CriticalPoints Series offers rigorous and nuanced engagement between today's best scholars for advancing the scholarship of tomorrow. Like its older sibling, the CounterPoints Series, it provides a forum for comparison and critique of different positions, focusing on critical issues in today's Christian scholarship: in biblical studies, in theology, and in philosophy.

Christology and Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark

Christology and Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark
Author: Suzanne Watts Henderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2006-03-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521859066

An exploration of discipleship in Mark's gospel relating to Jesus' own mission and purpose.

Mark's Jesus

Mark's Jesus
Author: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-12
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781481303545

Noted biblical scholar Elizabeth Struthers Malbon asks a literary question in this landmark volume: how does the Markan narrative characterise Jesus? Through a close narrative analysis, she carefully examines various ways the Gospel discloses its central character. The result is a multi-layered Markan narrative christology, focusing not only on what the narrator and other characters say about Jesus (pro-jected christology), but also on what Jesus says in response to what these others say to and about him (deflected christology), what Jesus says instead about himself and God (refracted christology), what Jesus does (enacted christology), and how what other characters do is related to what Jesus says and does (reflected christology). Holding significant implications for those who wish to use Mark's Gospel to make claims about the historical Jesus, as well as for those who wish to use Mark's Gospel to construct confessions about the church's belief, Malbon's research is a groundbreaking work of scholarship.

Reading Mark's Christology Under Caesar

Reading Mark's Christology Under Caesar
Author: Adam Winn
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830885625

Did Mark write his Gospel in response to Roman imperial propaganda surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem? Adam Winn helps us rediscover how Mark might have been read by Christians in Rome during the aftermath of this cataclysmic event. He introduces us to the imperial propaganda of the Flavian emperors and excavates the Markan text for themes that address the Roman imperial setting.

Naming Jesus

Naming Jesus
Author: Edwin K. Broadhead
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 193
Release: 1999-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1850759294

This book explores the development of a titular Christology within the narrative world of the Gospel of Mark. Preliminary attention is given to the historical background of various titles, but the primary focus is on the literary foreground. Broadhead analyses the distribution of various titles throughout the narrative, describes the associations established, and notes the level of confirmation offered. His major focus is on the development of each title within the larger literary strategy and the effect of this strategy upon the christological presentation. He concludes that such titles are not inherently christological, but become so within the literary world of the Gospel of Mark.

The Purpose of Mark's Gospel

The Purpose of Mark's Gospel
Author: Adam Winn
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9783161496356

Moderate revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Fuller Theological Seminary, 2007.

Jesus, Disciple of the Kingdom

Jesus, Disciple of the Kingdom
Author: Osvaldo D. Vena
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014-01-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163087373X

That Jesus started his career as a disciple of John the Baptist is an idea that has gained almost universal recognition in the scholarly world. His coming from Galilee to be baptized by John in the river Jordan is the most compelling proof of Jesus' subordination to John. But quickly after John was executed Jesus started his own career, not as a disciple anymore, but as a teacher in his own right. In this book Osvaldo Vena makes the claim that throughout his ministry Jesus remained a disciple, not of John, but of a higher power, God, and God's kingdom. Thus, Jesus called men and women to join him as co-disciples as he went about proclaiming the nearness of the kingdom through word and action. In this work Vena contends that in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is presented as a prototype of true and faithful discipleship, a model to be followed and imitated by ancient as well as contemporary believers. This presentation amounts to an emerging Christology espoused by the early Markan community on the verge of destruction from outside forces, specifically the Jewish-Roman war, as well as internal divisions resulting from struggles for power in the community.