Kata Markon

["John Oliff" <JOLIFF AT pbu.edu>]

Peter

My name is John and I teach gospels, if I had 10-12 lectures I would cover 
the 
following:
1. Reading strategies in gospel narratives.
2. Mark 1:1-3 and the narrator's reading of Israel's Scripture. My work here 
has led me 
to believe that this opening paragraph is the "hermeneutical key" to Mark's 
gospel - you 
may want to consider it in conjunction with chapters 4 and 12 (see Tolbert, 
"Sowing the 
Gospel")
3. John the Baptist as foreshadowing Jesus Messiah both his message and his 
fate.
4. The temptation narrative and its function in Mark's story (I have found 
that the entire 
gospel of Mark can be taught through the lens of 1:1-15).
5. Demons and the stronger One (reading Mark 1, 3 and 5 in concert) - it may 
be that 
Mark is retelling the Joshua story - wild beast = demons (see LXX Isaiah 
12-13; 34-35)
6. The Second Exodus motif (you might consider reviewing Rikki Watts here and 
Mauser "Christ in the Wilderness").
7. Wilderness themes - the feeding narratives (D. Juel's commentary is good 
on this 
subject as well as M. Hooker's)
8. The echoes of Isaiah 6 and 34-35 in the gospel of Mark - The two stage 
healing of 
the blind in chapter 8 and Bartimaeus in chapter 10 as paradigmatic for true 
"seeing" 
and "hearing" in the gospel.


I trust this helps,

John

On 8 Sep 2005 at 15:00, Peter Head wrote:

> Thanks Bridget,
> 
> I was thinking more of a lecture or two on the narrative strategy (probably 
> Danove will fit better there). Perhaps I shall request more help in a week 
> or two!!!
> 
> As a discussion point: Imagine you have 10-12 lectures on Mark. What topics 
> would you cover?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:52 PM 9/8/05, you wrote:
> >I think I should be tempted to put in something on Mark's narrative 
> >strategies in order to make the stylistic unit as large as possible. 
> >Almost anything of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (perhaps her essay in Capel 
> >Anderson and Moore (eds) Mark and Method), and something from Joanna Dewey 
> >on orality --  'The Gospel of Mark as an Oral-Aural Event: Implications 
> >for Interpretation' in McKnight and Struthers Malbon (eds.) (145-63)  The 
> >New Literary Criticism and the New Testament (Pennsylvania: Trinity Press) 
> >1994 and perhaps Tannehill 1979 'The Gospel of Mark as Narrative 
> >Christology' Semeia 16 (57-94).
> >
> >This may not be at all what you want, so please ignore if not....
> >
> >Sounds a lovely course to me.
> >
> >All the best,
> >
> >Bridget
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------
> >Dr Bridget Gilfillan Upton
> >Lecturer in New Testament
> >Heythrop College
> >University of London
> >Kensington Square
> >London W8 5HQ
> >
> >Tel. 0044 (0)20 7795 4214 (direct)
> >Fax. 0044 (0)20 7795 4200 (college)
> >Email. 
> ><mailto:b.gilfillan-upton AT heythrop.ac.uk>b.gilfillan-upton AT heythrop.ac.uk
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Head" <<mailto:pmh15 AT cam.ac.uk>pmh15 AT cam.ac.uk>
> >To: "Kata Markon" <<mailto:gmark AT lists.ibiblio.org>gmark AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:07 AM
> >Subject: Re: [GMark] Language and Style of Mark
> >
> > > Thanks for the responses on this question. They were all helpful 
> > > (although
> > > I'm holding back on Danove and Reiser - it is for a second year Greek 
> > class!)
> > >
> > > The outline of my lecture is as follows. Any major omissions?
> > >
> > >
> > > The Language and Style of the Greek of Mark's Gospel
> > >
> > > 1. Introduction
> > >
> > > 2. Vocabulary
> > > a) Total vocabulary of 1,345 different words (1,270 + 75 proper names)
> > >
> > > b) Common vocabulary:
> > > a) Mark uses 31 words more than fifty times (Morgenthaler, 167)
> > >
> > >
> > > c) Characteristic vocabulary (selected from Hawkins, Horae Synopticae, 
> > 12-13)
> > >
> > >
> > >             d) Absent vocabulary
> > > Some terms are relatively absent from Mark:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 3. Grammar
> > > a)      Verbal Forms in Mark: (from Decker, Temporal Deixis, 92)
> > >
> > > b)      Historic Present: 151 occurences (Hawkins, Horae Synopticae,
> > > 144-148: list with synoptic parallels): 71 are forms of le/gw.
> > >
> > > c)      Impersonal Plural (Turner/Elliott, Language, 4-12; cf. Pryke,
> > > Style, 107-115)
> > >             plural verb with no expressed subject:
> > > d)      Genitive absolute: 29 occurences (Pryke: 24/29 are redactional):
> > > open pericope with linking phrase.
> > > e)      a1rxomai as auxiliary verb (generally with infinitive): 33 times
> > > [Turner-Elliott, Language, 93-97; Pryke, Style, 79-87]: often 
> > simplified in
> > > Matthew (Head, Christology, 72).
> > >
> > >
> > > 4. Loan-words
> > > a)       Latin:
> > > b)       Aramaic words/phrases:
> > > c)       Aramaic names:
> > >
> > > 5. Other Features
> > > i)                    Parenthetical Comments:
> > >
> > >
> > > ii)                  Diminutives:
> > >
> > >
> > > iii)                 Duality (Neirynck)
> > >
> > > iv)                Semitic Interference in Marcan Syntax (Maloney)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 6. Concluding Reflections
> > >
> > > i)                    Markan Style and redaction of pre-Markan sources
> > >
> > > ii)                  Markan Style and the Synoptic Problem
> > >
> > > iii)                 Markan Style and the Textual Criticism of Mark
> > >
> > > iv)                Markan Style and Markan communication strategy
> > >
> > > v)                  Markan Style and the Markan Setting
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 7. Recent Research
> > >
> > > a)      R.J. Decker, Temporal Deixis of the Greek Verb in the Gospel of
> > > Mark in Light of Verbal Aspect (2001)
> > >
> > > b)      P. Danove, Linguistics and Exegesis in the Gospel of Mark:
> > > Applications of a Case Frame Analysis and Lexicon (2002)
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 03:37 PM 9/5/05, you wrote:
> > >>What would people recommend on the subject of the language and style of
> > >>Mark's Greek?
> > >>I'm looking at Hawkins, Horae Synopticae; N. Turner, Style (Moulton's
> > >>Grammar); C.H. Turner's 'Notes on Marcan Usage' and the standard
> > >>commentaries. But there must be some more recent monographs out there.
> > >>
> > >>Cheers
> > >>
> > >>Peter
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Peter M. Head, PhD
> > >>Sir Kirby Laing Senior Lecturer in New Testament
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> > > Peter M. Head, PhD
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> Peter M. Head, PhD
> Sir Kirby Laing Senior Lecturer in New Testament
> Tyndale House
> 36 Selwyn Gardens                                       Phone: (UK) 01223 
> 566607
> Cambridge, CB3 9BA                                      Fax: (UK) 01223 
> 566608
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