Mark

Introduction to the Gospel of Mark From the New American Bible Pages courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D., Loyola Institute for Spirituality in Orange, CA The Gospel according to Mark Section-by-Section Structural Outlines Literary Features and Thematic Emphases People, Places, Terms, and Titles in Mark's Gospel Articles in Compass Review, a Review of Topical Theology published quarterly by the Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Health and Illness in Mark's Gospel: Physical or Spiritual? Martin Borg Mark's Passion Narrative: A story of Abuse and Failed Intimacy Michael Trainor Articles in Tyndale Bulletin, the journal of Tyndale House, Cambridge, a UK-based research institute The Coming of the Son of Man in Mark's Gospel Edward Adams Jesus' Defeat of Death and Mark's Early Readers Peter Geoffrey Bolt The Messianic Secret in Mark J. D. G. Dunn, B.D., Ph.D. Articles from Biblical Studies.org.uk The Jewish War and the Sitz im Leben of Mark Joel Marcus The Purpose of Mark's Gospel Benjamin Wisner Bacon Articles in Spirituality Today, a journal of the Chicago Dominican province The Women of the Gospel of Mark and Contemporary Women's Spirituality Mitzi Minor Stages of Faith and the Gospel of Mark James V. Zeitz Articles from the Religion Online website The Gospel of Mark Robert M. Grant The Gospel of Mark Richard Heard The Earliest Gospel Frederick C. Grant Articles in the American Journal of Biblical Theology A Perspective on the Distinctiveness of Mark's Gospel Rev. John W. (Jack) Carter Mark's Transformation of John's Gnostic Feet Dr. Markus Locker Phenomenology and the Synoptics: What About Mark? Laura Ann Sherfey Articles in Thinking Faith, the online journal of the Jesuits in Britain Faith and discipleship in the Gospel of Mark Niall Leahy SJ Christmas without the crib? Mark’s Gospel in Advent Peter Edmonds SJ Saint Mark the Pastor Peter Edmonds SJ Articles in Bible and Interpretation The Book of the Hellenists and the Origin of the Gospel of Mark: The Development of the Gospels of Mark and John Turned on Its Head! Peter L. Hofrichter Mark’s Gospel as the First Biography of Jesus – and 10 reasons why it matters Helen K Bond Why Did the Gospel of Mark Survive? Michael Kok, Ph.D. Articles from other sources How to Read Mark's Gospel Ron Hansen Mark's Gospel: Discipleship and Formation Peter Edmonds 'A House of Prayer for all the Nations': Jesus's Temple Saying, Mark's Gospel, and the Jewish War Chris Seeman The Pentateuch: The Hypotext of Mark 1:1-4:34 Michael J. Reimer Is Our Reading the Bible the Same as the Original Audience's Hearing It? A Case Study in the Gospel of Mark Robert H Stein The Rhetoric of the Characterization of Jesus as the Son of Man and Christ in Mark Paul Danove Maze and Amazement in Mark's Gospel William R. Telford The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Discourse in the Gospel of Mark Vernon K. Robbins Mark's Use of the Gospel of Thomas, Part I Stevan L. Davies The Heavenly Veil Torn: Mark's Cosmic 'Inclusio' David Ulansey A Gentile Woman's Story Sharon H. Ringe Gospel of Saint Mark Catholic Encyclopedia Notes on Mark James Tabor Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Mark David Charnon The Gospel of Mark and Judaism Robert McFarlane Mark 1 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 1:1-8 John the Baptist preaches -- Mark 1:9-13 Jesus baptized by John -- Mark 1:14-20 Jesus preaches gospel -- Mark 1:21-28 Jesus' fame spreads -- Mark 1:29-39 Jesus healed many -- Mark 1:40-45 Jesus heals a leper A Markan Epiphany: Lessons from Mark 1 Donald H. Juel and Patrick R. Keifert Jesus' Philosophy of Ministry: A Study of a Figure of Speech in Mark 1:38 Dennis O. Wretlind Counting Witnesses for the Angry Jesus in Mark 1:41: Interdependence and Insularity in the Latin Tradition Peter E. Lorenz Mark 2 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 2:1-12 -- Mark 2:13-17 Jesus with tax collectors -- Mark 2:18-22 new wine & old wine skins -- Mark 2:23-28 Lord of the sabbath Mark 3 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 3:1-6 a withered hand restored -- Mark 3:7-12 "You are the Son of God" -- Mark 3:13-19 Jesus appoints the Twelve -- Mark 3:20-21 Jesus' family upset -- Mark 3:22-30 divided realm cannot stand -- Mark 3:31-35 true spiritual kinship An Exegetical-Theological Consideration of the Hardening of the Jewish Religious Leaders' Hearts in Mark 3:1-6 Sug-Ho Lee Mark 4 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 4:1-20 parable of the sower -- Mark 4:21-25 parable of the lamp -- Mark 4:26-34 parable of mustard seed -- Mark 4:35-41 wind & sea obey Jesus The Synoptic Problem Revisited: Some New Suggestions about the Composition of Mark 4:1-34 David Wenham, M.A., Ph.D. Mark 5 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 5:1-20 Jesus frees possessed man -- Mark 5:21-43 Jesus raises dead girl Perspective Criticism and the Study of Narrative Biblical Literature: The Story of the Hemorrhaging Woman (Mark 5,24-34) as a Test Case Calogero A. Miceli The Gerasene Demoniac: A Disability Support Worker's Commentary Timothy Smith Plundering Satan's House: Mark 5:1-20 Donald H. Juel Mark 6 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 6:1-6 without honor at home -- Mark 6:7-13 Twelve sent out -- Mark 6:14-29 Herod kills the Baptist -- Mark 6:30-34 sheep without shepherd -- Mark 6:35-44 Jesus feeds 5000 -- Mark 6:45-52 Jesus walks on sea -- Mark 6:53-56 Jesus heals everywhere Mark 7 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 7:1-13 clean and unclean -- Mark 7:14-23 God's law & men's rules -- Mark 7:24-30 Jesus delivers at Tyre -- Mark 7:31-37 Jesus heals at Sidon Do Mark 7:1–23 and Matthew 15:1–20 condone the unusual practices of New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches? Vuyisile Qiki, Llewellyn Howes Mark 7:1-23 and the Historical Jesus William Loader Jesus heals the daughter of a foreigner (Mc 7,24-30) Diocese Partenia Moral Agency at the Borders: Rereading the Story of the Syrophoenician Woman Jane E. Hicks The Dynamic of Humility and Wisdom: The Syrophoenician Woman and Jesus in Mark 7:24-30 Christopher Alt Mark 8 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 8:1-10 Jesus feeds 4000 -- Mark 8:11-13 Pharisees argue with Jesus -- Mark 8:14-21 true bread -- Mark 8:22-26 Jesus heals blind man -- Mark 8:27-33 Jesus professed as Christ -- Mark 8:34-9:1 cost of discipleship The Portrayal of the Hardening of the Disciples' Hearts in Mark 8:14-21 Sug-Ho Lee and Jan G. Van der Watt Taking Up the Cross (Mark 8:31) William Willimon Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34 Matthew L. Skinner Mark 9 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 9:2-13 Jesus' transfiguration -- Mark 9:14-29 Jesus frees possed boy -- Mark 9:30-37 Jesus predicts crucifixion -- Mark 9:38-41 tolerance versus envy -- Mark 9:42-50 causing sin and scandal Who Will See "The Kingdom of God Coming with Power" in Mark 9,1 -- Protagonists or Antagonists? Thomas R. Hatina A Note on 'Elijah with Moses' in Mark 9,4 J.P. Heil The Transfiguration, Cosmic Symbolism, and the Transformation of Consciousness in the Gospel of Mark David Ulansey Is the Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-8) a Misplaced Resurrection-Account Robert H. Stein Mark 10 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 10:1-12 marriage and divorce -- Mark 10:13-16 Jesus blesses children -- Mark 10:17-27 rich young man meets Jesus -- Mark 10:28-31 receive a hundredfold -- Mark 10:32-45 crucifixion predicted again -- Mark 10:46-52 Jesus heals blind beggar Experiencing the Kingdom as a Little Child: A Rereading of Mark 10:13-16 James L. Bailey Jesus' Leadership Interpretation Through the Exegesis of Mark 10:17-22 Daryl D. Green The Call of Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) Maarten J.J. Menken Marriage and Divorce in the Gospel according to Mark (Chapter 10:1-12) Eugene LaVerdiere Mark 11 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 11:1-10 Jesus enters Jerusalem -- Mark 11:11-26 cursed figs & temple -- Mark 11:27-35 Jesus' authority challenged Fragments of the Historical Jesus: A Reading of Mark 11,11-[26] Edmondo Lupieri Palin: The Ass Again (Mark 11.3d) J. Duncan M. Derrett Mark 12 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 12:1-12 parable of the vineyard -- Mark 12:13-17 question of the taxes -- Mark 12:18-27 question of the resurrection -- Mark 12:28-34 first commandment -- Mark 12:35-37 Christ is the son of David -- Mark 12:38-44 wrong kind of religion Isa 5:1-7 LXX and Mark 12:1, 9, Again John S. Kloppenborg Self-Help or Deus ex Machina in Mark 12.9 John S. Kloppenborg The Use of Isaiah 5,1-7 in the Parable of the Tenants (Mark 12,1-12; Matthew 21,33-46) W. J. C. Weren The Tenants in the Vineyard (GThom 65/Mark 12:1-12): A Realistic and Social-Scientific Reading Ernest van Eck What Were the Sadducees Reading? An Enquiry into the Literary Background of Mark 12:18-23 Peter G. Bolt Mark 13 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 13:1-13 things to come -- Mark 13:14-32 Jesus' second coming -- Mark 13:33-37 watch for Lord's return Rhetorical Ritual: Apocalyptic Discourse in Mark 13 Vernon K. Robbins Procedural Register in the Olivet Discourse: A Functional Linguistic Approach to Mark 13 Gustavo Martin Historical Crisis and Cosmic Crisis in Mark 13 and Lucan's Civil War Edward Adams Mark 14 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 14:1-11 extravagant love -- Mark 14:12-21 passover preparation -- Mark 14:22-25 Jesus' last supper -- Mark 14:26-42 agony in the garden -- Mark 14:43-52 Jesus' arrest -- Mark 14:53-72 Jesus' trial & Peter's denial The Date of the Passover Sacrifices and Mark 14:12 Maurice Casey The Naked Young Man: a Historian's Hypothesis on Mark 14,51-52 Michael J. Haren Mark 15 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 15:1-20 Jesus before Pilate -- Mark 15:21-32 Jesus crucified -- Mark 15:33-41 Jesus' death -- Mark 15:42-47 Jesus' burial The Anarthrous ui(o\j qeou= in Mark 15,39 and the Roman Imperial Cult Tae Hun Kim Mark 15,39 and the So-Called Confession of the Roman Centurion Earl S. Johnson, Jr. Challenge-riposte in Mark 15 From V. K. Robbins Patron-client contract in Mark 15:1-16:8 From V. K. Robbins The Reversed Contextualization of Psalm 22 in the Markan Crucifixion: A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis Vernon K. Robbins The Heavenly Veil Torn: Mark's Cosmic "Inclusio" David Ulansey Mark 16 Catena Aurea Commentary by Church Fathers Texts and meditations by Don Schwager Mark 16:1-13 empty tomb & resurrection -- Mark 16:14-20 Jesus' great commision Mark 16:1-8: The Empty Tomb of a Hero? Peter G. Bolt The Promise and the Failure: Mark 16:7,8 Andrew T. Lincoln Pentecostal hermeneutical reconsideration of the longer ending of Mark 16:9–20 Marius Nel Mark's Enigmatic Ending John Dart Broken links? Suggestions? Email webmaster Gerald Darring