'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…
Discipleship in Mark… Musings on Mark: “Who Then Is This?” 25 Jul 201825 Jul 2018 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" (Mark 4:41, NRSV) One of…
'The Gospel of Mark' (Sacra Pagina)… Donahue and Harrington: The Suffering Just One 20 Jul 201817 Jul 2018 John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002), 33. Intertextually two very strong Old Testament themes merge in the Gospel…
Characters in Mark… Musings on Mark: The First Witness to the Empty Tomb 28 Apr 201828 Apr 2018 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. Mark 16:5, NRSV The ending of…
Calling of the First Disciples… Musings on Mark: Fishers of Men 3 Sep 20173 Aug 2017 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου, καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς γενέσθαι ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων. Mark 1:17 I do not care for fishing. While some find it to be a relaxing…
