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Mark’s Jesus

Published on February 18, 2015 Author mdowner@uoregon.edu

There are many speculations on why Mark depicts the Gospels as misunderstanding Jesus’ Identity and significance. One that is important to note was that the Gospel writers wanted to reach out to so many different groups of people. With this goal in mind, it is easy to conclude that some groups would understand more than… Continue reading Mark’s Jesus →

The Empty Tomb Agenda

Published on January 28, 2015 Author mdowner@uoregon.edu

It is easy to read one Gospel and understand on a surface level what happened. What happens when you read a different Gospel and it has an appearance of the same story but includes bits and pieces that are completely different from the previous Gospel you read? You begin to ask yourself, whose story is… Continue reading The Empty Tomb Agenda →

The Son of Man and Messiah

Published on January 12, 2015 Author mdowner@uoregon.edu

What we know about the term Son of Man is that it wasn’t used as a term with a messianic title in Jewish literature. It was only until when the Gospels were written that it has taken on the meaning of a messianic title. The term Son of Man in this the Jewish literature context… Continue reading The Son of Man and Messiah →