The 'Gospel' between Emperor and Temple in the Gospel of Mark - A Story of Epoch-Making Proximity to the Divine through Victory and Cult

The Gospel of Mark pointedly opens with the statement, "the beginning of the gospel". This raises the question: What does 'the gospel' ( GammaGamma ni) mean to Mark? Traditionally, an explanation has been found in the so-called 'religious use' of the notion of the 'messenger on the mountain' in Isa 40:9 and 52:7, paving the way for an understanding of Jesus's death as a sin sacrifice connected to Isa 53. Under the influence of recent postcolonial and/or anti-imperial reading strategies, however, Mark's gospel notion has rather been understood as tailored to counter a Roman dressing of the emperor as 'gospels' to the world. Morten Hørning Jensen re-investigates the entire concept of 'gospel' and concludes that Mark uses the concept to communicate the 'epoch-making victory' he finds to be the product of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Product details

• Authors: Morten Hørning Jensen
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9783161618581
• ISBN: 978-3-16-161858-1
• No. of pages: 534
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 35 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 942 g
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; WUNT I