Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context by Marie Noonan Sabin

By Marie Noonan Sabin

This publication asks: How may perhaps the earliest gospel were heard through these first fans of Jesus who have been non secular Jews? Assuming that the earliest Jesus traditions took their form from varieties time-honored to Judaism, Sabin units the composition of Mark within the context of the theological discourse of first-century Judaism. In that context, she notes, all theology used to be biblical. It took the shape of an trade among present occasions and Scripture: modern folks and happenings have been understood in the course of the lens of the Hebrew Bible, whereas even as, the biblical be aware was once reopened--that is, reinterpreted--so as to bare its relevance to the current faith-community.

Applying this type of compositional strategy to the Gospel of Mark, Sabin uncovers a clean interpreting of the seed, fig tree, and winery parables; of a few of the Temple scenes; of the silly disciples and the clever girls; and of the arguable finishing. She highlights the result of her findings through juxtaposing them with interpretations of an identical passages given by way of quite a few church fathers akin to Origen, Irenaeus, and Bede, in addition to by means of readings from the 20th century. the consequences are provocative.

Sabin sees Mark as an unique theologian shaping his fabric out of 2 basic Jewish traditions: the knowledge traditions, with their emphasis on God's presence in everyday life, and construction theology, which imagined the top Time now not as a disaster yet as a go back to the backyard. She hence deals a brand new method of realizing Mark's use of Scripture, his eschatology, and his presentation of Jesus.

In end, she argues that retrieving Mark's voice within the context of Early Judaism brings with it insights a lot wanted in our day: of God's presence within the traditional; of God's photo mirrored in woman in addition to male; of watchfulness because the means of knowledge; of God's revelation as ongoing.

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