RLST 152: Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature
Lecture 06 - The Gospel of Mark. 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. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 06 - The Gospel of Mark |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The Gospels Not As Biographies |
| [00:13:44] | 2. A Critical Reading of Mark |
| [00:22:18] | 3. Mark's Messiah |
| [00:30:26] | 4. The Apocalyptic in Mark |
| References |
| Lecture 6 - The Gospel of Mark Instructor: Professor Dale B. Martin. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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