An Essay For Humanities Courses: The Bible
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PART A
MARK'S THEOLOGY REFLECTED IN WRITING
Mark and the other evangelists used basically five ways to change, edit
or enhance Jesus' sayings to reflect their own views of Christianity. According
to the Five Gospels Book, plagiarism and changing of writing was not a crime,
but actually ve ....
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.... probably didn't happen as Mark describes. This brings us
to Mark's writing style.
Mark seems to "tack-on" sentences to Jesus' teachings to make them more
"Christian." This really changes the meaning more than any other tactic! Who
knows what Mark may have edited-out to accomplish what he wanted to impress upon
his readers? In this, he tries to interpret the meaning of Jesus' actions ...
and does this in a misleading way! For example: Mark 2:19, Jesus regarding
Fasting. Jesus mak ....
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