Mark: The Good News Preached to the RomansMark: The Good News Preached To The Romans places Mark's work against the backdrop of life in ancient Rome. In vivid detail, Phillip J. Cunningham relates the history, the social and political life, and the citizenry of Rome by exploring the significant questions about life and faith from this early Christian community. The result is a fascinating study of the powerful relationship that existed between these first Christians and Mark's gospel within a Roman context. |
Contents
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD | 1 |
PREFACE | 5 |
THE FIRST GOSPEL | 7 |
II GOSPEL IN THE WRITINGS OF PAUL | 8 |
III THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 10 |
C Place of Origin | 12 |
D The Date of Composition | 13 |
2 A JERUSALEM TRAGEDY | 15 |
C In Mark | 84 |
2 THE BAPTISM | 86 |
4 THE CENTURION | 87 |
DIVINE AND YET HUMAN | 89 |
III MARKS RESPONSE | 90 |
B The Public Man | 91 |
2 HUMAN EMOTIONS | 92 |
3 THE PASSION | 93 |
THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME | 17 |
II LIFE IN THE CAPITAL | 18 |
B The Inhabitants | 20 |
C A Slave Society | 21 |
III PRECHRISTIAN RELIGIONS IN ROME | 22 |
B The Mystery Religions | 24 |
C The Jews | 26 |
CHRISTIANITY IN ROME | 28 |
II THE CHURCHES OF ROME | 30 |
B The House Church | 31 |
C The Local Church | 32 |
D House Churches in Rome | 33 |
2 SAN CLEMENTE | 34 |
III CHURCH RITUALS | 35 |
B Baptism | 36 |
C The Lords Supper | 37 |
MARKS CHRISTIANS | 39 |
B Upper Class Christians | 40 |
C Class Conflict | 41 |
D Women in the Church | 42 |
III THE MARCAN CHURCHES | 43 |
B Individual Gentiles | 44 |
2 THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN | 45 |
C A Gentile Multitude | 46 |
IV WHO ARE THE DISCIPLES IN MARK? | 47 |
B The Strong and the Weak | 48 |
C The Wealthy | 49 |
D The Women in Mark | 50 |
2 AUTHOR OF THE FIRST GOSPEL | 51 |
E Those Challenged To Have Faith | 52 |
LEADERSHIP AND RIVALRY | 54 |
2 IN MARKS COMMUNITY | 55 |
b A Role Criticized | 57 |
II A RIVAL LOCAL CHURCH | 58 |
B One More Conservative | 59 |
C A Conservative Reaction | 60 |
III LEADERSHIP IN TRANSITION | 62 |
THE PAROUSIA AND THE SON OF MAN | 64 |
II THE JEWISH TRAUMA | 65 |
III THE CHRISTIAN TRAUMA | 66 |
IV FROM APOCALYPSE TO PAROUSIA | 67 |
B Paul and the Parousia | 69 |
V MARK AND THE PAROUSIA | 71 |
2 THE FINAL WARNINGS | 72 |
B The Parousia | 73 |
C The Son of Man | 74 |
D The Apocalyptic Community | 75 |
CHRIST AND SON OF GOD | 78 |
B In Paul | 79 |
2 THE TRUE MESSIAH | 81 |
3 THE MESSIANIC SECRET | 82 |
B In Paul | 83 |
C The Roman | 94 |
IV THE AFTERMATH | 96 |
B John | 98 |
C Continuing Tension | 100 |
THE WONDERWORKER | 103 |
II THE ATTITUDE OF MARKS READERS | 104 |
III SIGNS OF AUTHORITY | 105 |
IV THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS | 106 |
V THE EXORCIST | 107 |
VI THE HEALER | 108 |
VII THE ROLE OF FAITH | 109 |
C The Testimony to Faith | 111 |
THE TEACHER AND HIS TEACHINGS | 112 |
II THE PARABLES | 113 |
2 THE WICKED TENANTS | 115 |
III THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM | 117 |
B The Kingdom in Paul | 118 |
2 MARCAN INTERPRETATION | 119 |
E The Patient Farmer and the Mustard Seed | 120 |
IV ROME AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD | 121 |
THE HOLY WEEK PART ONE SUNDAY TO TUESDAY | 123 |
B The Final Days | 124 |
II THE DAY OF THE SUNS | 125 |
III THE DAY OF THE MOON | 127 |
B The Opposition to Jesus | 128 |
2 THE PHARISEES AND HERODIANS | 130 |
3 THE SADDUCEES | 131 |
B The WellIntentioned Scribe | 132 |
D The Condemnation of the Temple | 133 |
THE HOLY WEEK PART TWO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY | 136 |
II THE DAY OF JUPITER | 137 |
B The Eucharist | 138 |
C The Betrayal | 139 |
D The Trial before the High Priest | 142 |
THE HOLY WEEK PART THREE FRIDAY TO SUNDAY | 146 |
B The Crucifixion of Jesus | 148 |
2 THE EXECUTION | 149 |
3 JESUS ON THE CROSS | 150 |
5 THE CENTURION | 153 |
C The Burial of Jesus | 154 |
II THE DAY OF THE SUN | 155 |
AFTERWORD | 158 |
II THE OTHER COMMUNITIES | 159 |
III THE SUCCEEDING GOSPELS | 160 |
B Matthew | 161 |
IV MARKS ACHIEVEMENT | 162 |
V IN CLOSING | 163 |
Notes | 165 |
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Common terms and phrases
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