Reading Mark in Context: Jesus and Second Temple Judaism

✍ Scribed by Ben C. Blackwell; John K. Goodrich; Jason Maston; N.T. Wright

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Over the last several decades, the Jewishness of Jesus has been at the forefront of scholarship and students of the New Testament are more than ever aware of the importance of understanding Jesus and the Gospels in their Jewish context. Reading Mark in Context helps students see the contour and texture of Jesus' engagement with his Jewish environment. It brings together a series of accessible essays that compare and contrast viewpoints, theologies, and hermeneutical practices of Mark and his various Jewish contemporaries.

Going beyond an introduction that merely surveys historical events and theological themes, this textbook examines individual passages in Second Temple Jewish literature in order to illuminate the context of Mark's theology and the nuances of his thinking. Following the narrative progression of Mark's Gospel, each chapter in this textbook (1) pairs a major unit of the Gospel with one or more sections of a thematically-related Jewish text, (2) introduces and explores the historical and theological nuances of the comparative text, and (3) shows how the ideas in the comparative text illuminate those expressed in Mark.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Rule of the Community and Mark 1:1–13: Preparing the Way In the Wilderness
2. The Parables of Enoch and Mark 1:14–2:12: The Authoritative Son of Man
3. Josephus and Mark 2:13–3:6: Controversies With the Scribes and Pharisees
4. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and Mark 3:7–35: Apocalyptic and the Kingdom
5. 4 Ezra and Mark 4:1–34: Parables On Seeds, Sowing, and Fruit
6. The Testament of Solomon and Mark 5:1–20: Exorcism and Power Over Evil Spirits
7. Mishnah Zabim and Mark 5:21–6:6a: The Rules On Purity
8. Josephus and Mark 6:6b–29: Herod Antipas’s Execution of John the Baptist
9. 4QConsolations and Mark 6:30–56: Images of a New Exodus
10. The Letter of Aristeas and Mark 7:1–23: Developing Ideas of Defilement
11. Jubilees and Mark 7:24–37: Crossing Ethnic Boundaries
12. The Damascus Document and Mark 8:1–26: Blindness and Sight On “the Way”
13. Sirach and Mark 8:27–9:13: Elijah and the Eschaton
14. Tobit and Mark 9:14–29: Imperfect Faith
15. Rule of the Community and Mark 9:30–50: Discipleship Reordered
16. Mishnah Giṭṭin and Mark 10:1–12: Marriage and Divorce
17. Eschatological Admonition and Mark 10:13–31: Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful
18. Rule of the Congregation and Mark 10:32–52: Glory and Greatness In Eschatological Israel
19. 1 Maccabees and Mark 11:1–11: A Subversive Entry Into Jerusalem
20. Psalms of Solomon and Mark 11:12–25: The Great Priestly Showdown At the Temple
21. The Animal Apocalypse and Mark 11:27–12:12: The Rejection of the Prophets and the Destruction of the Temple
22. Josephus and Mark 12:13–27: The Sadducees, Resurrection, and the Law
23. Psalms of Solomon and Mark 12:28–44: The Messiah’s Surprising Identity and Role
24. The Parables of Enoch and Mark 13:1–37: Apocalyptic Eschatology and the Coming Son of Man
25. Mishnah Pesaḥim and Mark 14:1–25: The Passover Tradition
26. The Babylonian Talmud and Mark 14:26–52: Abba, Father!
27. The Parables of Enoch and Mark 14:53–73: Blasphemy and Exaltation
28. Philo of Alexandria and Mark 15:1–15a: Pontius Pilate, a Spineless Governor?
29. 11QTempleª and Mark 15:15b–47: Burying the Crucified
30. 2 Maccabees and Mark 16:1–8: Resurrection As Hope for the Present
Glossary
Contributors
Passage Index
Subject Index
Author Index