'In the Company of Jesus'… Musings on Mark: Minor Markan Characters – Bartimaeus, the Blind Beggar 1 May 201930 Apr 2019 "Through the identification with Bartimaeus and subsequent minor characters, the reader is encouraged to move beyond faith in Jesus and his power toward a more faithful acceptance of the demands…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Musings on Mark: Minor Markan Characters – The Centurion at the Cross 7 Nov 201814 Nov 2018 In her excellent book In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel,1 New Testament scholar Elizabeth Struthers Malbon uses the tools of narrative criticism2 to analyze the story we find in the…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: Minor Characters in Mark as “Narrative Punctuation” 25 Oct 201822 Oct 2018 Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel (WJK, 2000), 209. In addition to their significance in extending the continuum of responses to the Markan Jesus, minor…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Poor Widow’s Offering 23 Oct 201822 Oct 2018 Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel (WJK, 2000), 177-178. I would argue...that the overall temple context of the poor widow's story adds to the impressive irony of the Markan passion…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: Women With Jesus to the End 6 Sep 201827 Aug 2018 Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 60. Within the Markan story, only the women follow Jesus to the end. At…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Silence of the Women 4 Sep 201827 Aug 2018 Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 64-65. Perhaps one's initial impression is of a certain irony to the women's silence:…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Key to the Markan Plot 22 Jun 201817 Jun 2018 Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 17. Conflict is the key to the Markan plot. As Markan characterization…
