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- Season 1 Introduction: Why Study the New Testament?
- Season 1 From Stories to Canon
- Season 1 The Greco-Roman World
- Season 1 Judaism in the First Century
- Season 1 The New Testament as History
- Season 1 The Gospel of Mark
- Season 1 The Gospel of Matthew
- Season 1 The Gospel of Thomas
- Season 1 The Gospel of Luke
- Season 1 The Acts of the Apostles
- Season 1 Johannine Christianity: The Gospel 92,407 views
- Season 1 Johannine Christianity: The Letters
- Season 1 The Historical Jesus
- Season 1 Paul as Missionary
- Season 1 Paul as Pastor
- Season 1 Paul as Jewish Theologian
- Season 1 Paul's Disciples
- Season 1 Arguing with Paul?
- Season 1 The "Household" Paul: The Pastorals
- Season 1 The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla
- Season 1 Interpreting Scripture: Hebrews
- Season 1 Interpreting Scripture: Medieval Interpretations
- Season 1 Apocalyptic and Resistance
- Season 1 Apocalyptic and Accommodation
- Season 1 Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops
- Season 1 The "Afterlife" of the New Testament and Postmodern Interpretation
New Testament History and Literature with Dale B. Martin - Season 1 Episode 6 The Gospel of Mark
10.00 48 minutes The Gospels of the New Testament are not biographies, and, in this class, they are read through a historical critical lens. This means that the events they narrate are not taken at face value as historical. The Gospel of Mark illustrates how the gospel writer skillfully crafts a narrative in order to deliver a message. It is a message that emphasizes a suffering messiah, and the necessity of suffering before glory. The gospel's apocalyptic passages predict troubles for the Jewish temple and incorporate this prediction with its understanding of the future coming of the Son of Man.
