Exploring the Messianic Secret in Mark's Gospel

by Perry, John Michael

• ISBN13: 9781556129247
• ISBN10: 1556129246
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

In Exploring the Messianic Secret in Mark's Gospel, John Perry shows the reader how to distinguish between the actual history of Jesus and Mark's Messianic Secret theology, explaining why the substance of Mark's theology is still valid and can still nourish our contemporary faith.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Chapter One: The Origin and Evolution of Ancient Israel's Messianic Expectation	1	(16)
Chapter Two: The Early Church's Need for Messianic Secret Theology	17	(16)
Chapter Three: Mark's Secrecy Theme in Jesus' Exorcisms, Healings, and Parables	33	(21)
Chapter Four: Mark's Secrecy Theme from Jesus' Rebuke of Peter at Caesarea Philippi to His Transfiguration	54	(23)
Chapter Five: Mark's Secrecy Theme from Jesus' Final Journey to Jerusalem to His Cleansing of the Temple	77	(16)
Chapter Six: Mark's Secrecy Theme from the Priestly Plot to Seize Jesus to His Arrest in Gethsemane	93	(17)
Chapter Seven: Mark's Secrecy Theme in the High Priest's and Roman Prefect's Interrogations of Jesus	110	(13)
Chapter Eight: Mark's Secrecy Theme from Jesus' Crucifixion to the Discovery of His Empty Tomb	123	(19)
Chapter Nine: Remaining Questions	142