Mark Challenges the Aeneid
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Mark Challenges the Aeneid

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Mark Challenges the Aeneid

About this book

Most scholars believe that Mark wrote his Gospel to the Romans. True: but in addition to presenting the Gospel to the Romans, Mark actually contextualized his Gospel by challenging the leading propaganda of his day, Virgil's Aeneid. The Roman poet, Virgil, wrote his masterpiece epic poem, the Aeneid, to promote the myth that Caesar Augustus was the son of god. The Aeneid went viral almost immediately upon publication in 19 BC, becoming Rome's premier piece of propaganda that promoted Augustus as the emperor who would bring peace to the world. Within the first century, the Aeneid reached from Masada to northern Britain and became a foundational piece of Roman education.Mark's mother, Mary, and his uncle, Joseph/Barnabas, raised him in wealth, and educated him in the four languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. They drew him to Jesus, and Barnabas took Mark on the first missionary journey. Mark spent time with Peter in Rome, where Mark wrote his Gospel in Greek. Mark most certainly had direct access to the most influential piece of Latin literature, the Aeneid, and he wrote his masterpiece Gospel comparing Augustus with Jesus, the true Son of God.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Read This!
  4. What and Why
  5. The Gospel of Mark
  6. The Flow of the Texts - The Beginning of Mark’s Gospel
  7. The Flow of the Texts - The Middle of Mark’s Gospel
  8. The Flow of the Texts - The End of Mark’s Gospel
  9. Themes and Theologies Compared - God’s Control of History
  10. Themes and Theologies Compared - God as Father
  11. Themes and Theologies Compared - God as All-Powerful
  12. Themes and Theologies Compared - God as the One Who Breaks Down Barriers
  13. Themes and Theologies Compared - God as the Justified and Justifier
  14. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Humanity of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  15. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Deity of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  16. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Power and Authority of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  17. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Salvation of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  18. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Afterlife of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  19. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Kingdom of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  20. Themes and Theologies Compared - Discipleship with Jesus vs. Citizenship with Augustus
  21. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Secrets of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  22. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Mission of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  23. Themes and Theologies Compared - The Eschatology of Jesus vs. Aeneas/Augustus
  24. Background - The Shroud of Greek and Roman Mythology
  25. Background - Virgil
  26. Background - Augustus
  27. Background - Mark, the Author
  28. The Aeneid’s Place of Supreme Propaganda in Roman History
  29. The Launching of the Aeneid
  30. The Aeneid’s Width and Depth of Dissemination throughout the Roman Empire and Beyond
  31. Mark’s Knowledge of the Aeneid
  32. The Aeneid’s Theology in Roman History
  33. Conclusions and Further Research
  34. Bibliography