Category: The Gospel of Mark

Genesis 1:2 and the Trinity (Evangelical Eisegesis #2)

Posted on 19 Feb 2022 by

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Category: Biblical Scholarship, Evangelical Eisegesis, Holy Spirit, The Trinity

‘Christology in Mark’s Gospel: Four Views’ – A Brief Review

Posted on 14 Jan 2022 by

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Arguably, the central question of the Gospel of Mark is one that comes from the lips of the Markan Jesus himself: “Who do you say that I am?” (Mark 16:29) In the nearly two-thousand years since Mark wrote those words there have been myriad… Continue Reading “‘Christology in Mark’s Gospel: Four Views’ – A Brief Review”

Category: Biblical Scholars, Biblical Scholarship, Christology, Daniel Kirk, Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Larry Hurtado, The Gospel of Mark

Book Review: The First Biography of Jesus by Helen Bond

Posted on 2 Jul 2021 by

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A review of Helen Bond’s book ‘The First Biography of Jesus.’

Category: 'The First Biography of Jesus' (2020), Biblical Scholars, Biblical Scholarship, Book Reviews, Gospel Genre, Greco-Roman Biography (Bioi), Helen Bond, Markan Genre

Musings on Mark: A Promising New Series on the Gospel of Mark

Posted on 28 Jun 2021 by

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Over on Twitter, I was recently followed by @bibleautopsy. It must have slipped under my radar because I didn’t look into their profile, nor did I follow back. But after I saw a tweet in which they tagged Joshua Bowen, I wanted to see… Continue Reading “Musings on Mark: A Promising New Series on the Gospel of Mark”

Category: Christian Scriptures, Inerrancy, Musings on Mark, The Gospel of Mark

Did Jesus Plan to Start a New Religion? Matthew Thiessen’s Answer

Posted on 3 Apr 2021 by

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“Did Jesus plan to start a new religion, then? No.” – Matthew Thiessen

Category: Biblical Scholars, Biblical Scholarship, Historical Jesus, Jesus, Judaism, Matthew Thiessen, Second Temple Judaism, The Gospel of Luke, The Gospel of Mark, The Gospel of Matthew

What Jairus Said to Jesus: One Attempt to Reconcile the Matthean and Markan Accounts and Why It Doesn’t Work

Posted on 30 Mar 2021 by

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Yes, Matthew’s version of the raising of Jairus’ daughter contradicts Mark’s account of it.

Category: Bart Ehrman, Biblical Scholars, Biblical Scholarship, Christian Apologetics, Christian Scriptures, Contradictions in the Bible, Jairus, The Gospel of Mark, The Gospel of Matthew

Helen Bond: The Markan Jesus’ Timelessness

Posted on 9 Mar 2021 by

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Helen K. Bond, The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2020), 165.

Category: 'The First Biography of Jesus' (2020), Helen Bond, Jesus, The Gospel of Mark

Helen Bond: The “Social and Cultural Ramifications” of a Writing a Bios of Jesus

Posted on 23 Feb 2021 by

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Helen K. Bond, The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2020), 92.

Category: 'The First Biography of Jesus' (2020), Christian Scriptures, Gospel Genre, Gospels, Greco-Roman Biography (Bioi), Helen Bond, The Gospel of Mark

Joel Marcus: Neither a Deity Masquerading as Human nor Divinized at the Transfiguration

Posted on 16 Feb 2021 by

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Joel Marcus, Mark 8-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, The Anchor Yale Bible (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 1117-1118.

Category: Jesus, Joel Marcus, The Gospel of Mark

Evangelical (Atheist) Eisegesis: ‘The Skeptics Annotated Bible’ (#3)

Posted on 13 Feb 2021 by

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Part 3 of an ongoing series covering the ‘Skeptics Annotated Bible’ by Steve Wells.

Category: Atheism, Atheists, Evangelical (Atheist) Eisegesis, Steve Wells, The Gospel of Mark, The Skeptics Annotated Bible (2013)

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