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Blog Post Week 2
As an ancient biography, Jesus’ story accurately portrays the life of a heroic individual who is highlighted by his ancestry, birth, deeds, death and afterlife. When beginning to look at his life, the stories that are absent seem to be in his childhood. There is a gap from birth to adulthood where we do not… Continue reading
Mark as an ancient Greco-Roman biography?
Unlike the other gospels and ancient Greco-Roman biographies, Mark does not include the ancestry, birth, childhood or education of Jesus. Topically, the gospel of Mark places a strong focus on the healing nature of Jesus by spending a majority of the 17 chapters focusing on his miracles. Mark portrays Jesus as a great teacher not only… Continue reading
Mark’s Gospel as a Biography of Jesus
Within the context of what biographies were in the ancient Greco-Roman world, I would consider the Gospel of Mark to be included in those ancient biographies. While Mark’s Gospel fails to provide basic information, such as Jesus’ birth and early life, to his readers, I would argue that what Mark does inform his readers on is… Continue reading
Mark’s Biography about Jesus
If I were a first-century reader of Mark, I would not say that Mark’s recount of Jesus’ life is an ancient biography. There is no information about his ancestry, birth, childhood and education. Knowing that these are the first two important aspects of writing a heroic biography in the Greco-Roman world, we can already tell… Continue reading