Travels with St. Mark: GPS for the Journey

A Pedagogical Aid

Eugene E. Lemcio

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781498264464
• eBook ISBN: 9781621899655
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

Not a reference tool, this unique work is a teaching-learning guide to studying the earliest Gospel. The focus is on showing how rather than on telling what. "Maps" followed by leading questions and statements help both faculty and students to see how the Evangelist adopted and adapted his sacred texts (as well as Jewish and Greco-Roman resources) in light of his convictions about and experience of Jesus. Noticing the dominance of words and themes leads one to discover the primary concerns of the Author and his readers. Observing how St. Mark internally arranged his materials provides a clue as to the kind of work it is and how it was meant to function.

1. Politics. Human and Divine in Daniel

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Totals
Kingdom	3	10	3	11	7	7	9	1	3		6		62
King	17	43	29	15	17	26	3	5	2	4	23		184
Reign (vb.)							2	1	1				4
Authority			3	8	4	1	6						22
Power(ful)		1	2			1		1	2		3		9
Ruler	1	2	3	1						1			8
Throne			1	4			2						7
	21	56	41	39	28	35	23				32

1. Because Daniel supplies so many of the key themes and terms in the Synoptic Gospels (and in Revelation, for that matter), I display the data and provide the following observations and questions. Although textual variants in some cases affect the numbers, the...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Abbreviations
• Definitions
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Politics. Human and Divine in Daniel
• Chapter 2: “Son of Man” in Daniel 7. Vision and Interpretation (Ancient and Modern)
• Chapter 3: Interpretations of Daniel 7. Summary of Main Positions
• Chapter 4: (The) Son of Man “Cluster” in Daniel 7 and Mark
• Chapter 5: The Gospel Surveyed. “The Forest”
• Chapter 6: Mark 1:1. The Gospel: Its Beginnings and Content
• Chapter 7: Mark 1, Psalm 2, Isaiah 42, and 1 Kings 12. Servant-Sonship/-Kingship/-Messiahship
• Chapter 8: Mark 1 and the Testament of Levi 18. Jesus’ Baptism
• Chapter 9: Kingdom(s) in Mark
• Chapter 10: Jesus and Asclepios. Healers Extraordinaire
• Chapter 11: Mark 3 and the Testament of Levi 18. The Exorcism of Unclean Spirits
• Chapter 12: Mark 3:27. The Parable of the Strong and Stronger Man
• Chapter 13: Mark 4:1–20: Structure (OT Models: Ezekiel 17 and Zechariah 4)
• Chapter 14: Mark 4:10–12 and Isaiah 6:9–10. The Reason for Speaking in Parables
• Chapter 15: Mark 2–4 and Isaiah 1–6. The Larger Context for Speaking in Parables
• Chapter 16: Mark 4, 7, 8. Mysterious Teaching and Incomprehension
• Chapter 17: Signs and Wonders: Elijah, Elisha, and Jesus
• Chapter 18: Mark 8, 9, 10. Christology (“the Son of Man”) and Discipleship
• Chapter 19: The Son of Man “Shift”
• Chapter 20: Mark 11:15–18. The Temple “Cleansing”
• Chapter 21: Mark 12:1–12. The Parable of the Vintner and the Tenant Farmers
• Chapter 22: Mark 12:31–33. Commands to Love God and Neighbor. The OT and Judaism
• Chapter 23: Mark 13 and Isaiah 13. The Shaking of the Foundations
• Chapter 24: Forgiveness (“Release”) of Sins in Mark
• Chapter 25: Mark 14:24. The Blood of the [New] Covenant
• Chapter 26: Mark 14:24. What Kind of Sacrifice? (Exodus 12, 24, and Leviticus 16)
• Chapter 27: Mark 14:24 and 10:45. The Death of Jesus—and His Life: Bonding and Release
• Chapter 28: Mark 15:39. The Centurion’s “Confession”
• Chapter 29: Mark 15 and the Wisdom of Solomon 2. The Crucifixion. A Paradigm Regained
• Chapter 30: Christologies (Explicit) Surveyed
• Chapter 31: The Messianic (and Son of God) Secret in Mark
• Appendix: “The Elder” on Mark’s Gospel
• Bibliography