Jensen The 'Gospel' between Emperor and Temple in the Gospel of Mark

A Story of Epoch-Making Proximity to the Divine through Victory and Cult
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-16-161859-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 505, 555 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm

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The Gospel of Mark pointedly opens with the statement, "the beginning of the gospel". This raises the question: What does 'the gospel' (t? e?a???????) mean to Mark? Traditionally, an explanation has been found in the so-called 'religious use' of the notion of the 'messenger on the mountain' in Isa 40:9 and 52:7, paving the way for an understanding of Jesus's death as a sin sacrifice connected to Isa 53. Under the influence of recent postcolonial and/or anti-imperial reading strategies, however, Mark's gospel notion has rather been understood as tailored to counter a Roman dressing of the emperor as 'gospels' to the world. Morten Hørning Jensen re-investigates the entire concept of 'gospel' and concludes that Mark uses the concept to communicate the 'epoch-making victory' he finds to be the product of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jensen, Morten Hørning

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Jensen, Morten Hørning
Born 1972; 2005 PhD, University of Aarhus, Denmark; 2009-19 associate professor at Menighedsfakultetet, the Lutheran School of Theology, Aarhus, Denmark; since 2013 professor II at the Norwegian School of Theology and Religion, Oslo, Norway; since 2017 Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa; 2019-22 associate professor at Fjellhaug International University College, Aarhus, Denmark; since 2022 professor at Fjellhaug International University College, Aarhus, Denmark.