The Book Of Mark: An Essay For Humanities Courses That Treat The Bible As A Historical Document
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The Book of Mark: An Essay for Humanities Courses That Treat The Bible As A
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 ....
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.... at the same time;
however, they are GREY in The Five Gospels anyway ... and 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 mi ....
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