Answer the following questions as you do the assigned readings on the Gospel of Mark (chapters 1-16):
Chapters 1-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+…)
Chapters 9-16: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+…
Mark 1: What is the very first appearance of Jesus in Mark’s gospel, and what happens during this appearance? What happens immediately after?
Mark 2:10: Where does Jesus’ self-designated title, “the Son of Man,” come from? (You know this!)
Mark 2:23-28: What is it that Jesus is doing that is assumed not to be lawful to do on the Sabbath (Friday night to Saturday night in Judaism)?
Mark 4:34: Why does Jesus only teach in parables (e.g. all through chapter 4)?Why does he explain the meaning of the parables in private, only to his disciples?
Mark 6: How did John the Baptist die?
Mark 9: What happened in “The Transfiguration”?
Mark 10: What does Jesus teach about divorce?
Mark 11: What’s going on with the fig tree OR what does Jesus do to the Temple?
Mark 12: What is Jesus’ teaching about marriage when people rise from the dead?
Mark 13: Where did we read about the “desolating sacrilege” this semester?(It was called the “abomination of the desolation” or the “abomination that desolates”).Extra credit: what might be the connection between that part of that book and this chapter?
11.Mark 14: What does Jesus say when he and the disciples eat the Passover meal?
12.Mark 15: who is responsible for Jesus not being released: the crowd, the chief priests, or the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate?
12. Mark 16: Read the first ending of Mark (16:1-8 plus the extra verse that is called “The Shorter Ending” in the NRSV) and compare it to the longer ending (which adds 16:9-20).Why do you think the author or early editors appreciated the ending of the Gospel at 16:8 while others wanted to make sure that the Gospel had 16:9-20?Which do you think is more in keeping with the message of Christianity or with the feeling of the Gospel as a unified literary text?
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