Kata Markon

[Michael Turton <turtonm AT yahoo.com>]

> > As a discussion point: Imagine you have 10-12
> lectures on Mark. What topics
> > would you cover?

1. Mark as history and midrash -- To what extent is
Mark a construction off 2 Kings and other OT texts
(Brodie, _The Crucial Bridge_, for example), how does
it incorporate history, and how do we know?

2. Mark as a work of Hellenistic narrative -- what
genres/techniques/motifs/structures does GMark share
with other narratives of its day? 

3. Mark in early Christian history -- how is Mark
related to other texts (Paulines, Q, Thomas, Hebrews,
Synoptics and John)

4. Mark as narrative -- use of irony, doublets, and
other literary features, structures, and motifs.
Characters and their roles (disciples, minor figures,
Jesus)

5. Mark and Mark's Jesus from a theological standpoint
-- Adoptionist? Theos Aner, Son of God? What is the
Kingdom of God?

6. The history of the text of Mark -- where has it
been redacted, interpolated and edited? How can we
tell?

7. The date of Mark

8. Orality in Mark. Was Mark meant to be performed?

9. Community and Geography in Mark: where was Mark
written? What was its community like?

10. The Social World of Mark: Jewish culture,
Hellenistic culture, Roman rule, peasants.....

11. Just for fun: Controversies in Mark (4:11-12, the
Naked Young Man of Mk 14, the Ending of Mark....

Michael Turton

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Chaoyang University
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