The Gospel of Mark: An Apocalyptic Writing?
The article discusses the viability of viewing the Gospel of Mark within the apocalyptic genre, a discourse that generated several contributions through the years. Some researchers argue that the worldview of apocalypticism permeates all the literature of the early first-century church, depicting Je...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2023, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-228 |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the viability of viewing the Gospel of Mark within the apocalyptic genre, a discourse that generated several contributions through the years. Some researchers argue that the worldview of apocalypticism permeates all the literature of the early first-century church, depicting Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet. The article analyses different aspects of the Gospel for its eschatological intent and contents, like its beginning (Mark 1:1-3), the communication about John the Baptist, Jesus's baptism, his conflict with Satan in the wilderness, the series of parables, the purposeful comparison between Jesus and Elijah-Elisha, the role of the sea, the emphasis on the Son of man, the presentation of Jesus's enemies and the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, Jesus's death and resurrection, and the pervasive use of δεῖ in the Gospel. The study concludes that although the Gospel does not represent the genre of an apocalypse, a dualist apocalyptic eschatology determines it as an underlying worldview. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2023.a943175 |