In Search of a Context The Function of Scripture in Mark's Narrative

by Hatina, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780826460677
• ISBN10: 0826460674
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-15
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

In this book the author explores how contexts determine the meaning of embedded scripture texts in the Gospel of Mark. Many historical critics base their readings on a context that is external to Marks story world, be it a reconstructed socio-religious setting of the evangelist, a Jewish exegetical tradition or some earlier stage in the development of the gospel. What is common to these readings is the neglect for the context of the story world- the very context in which scripture quotations and allusions are embedded. The author proposes a method of reading these embedded texts that is sensitive to the story world, though not at the expense of the historical setting in which the gospel was written. Jesus' announcement in 1:15 concerning the kingdom of God serves as the point of entrance into Mark's story world.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(7)
Part I Prolegomena
Recent Studies of Mark's Use of Scripture: A Methodological Survey	8	(41)
A Narrative, Historical, and Theological Approach: Methodological Assumptions and Aims	49	(41)
Mark's Ideological Point of View: The Realization of the Kingdom of God	90	(48)
Part II Reading Scripture in Mark's Story World
Preparing the Way For the Kingdom: Exodus 23.20; Malachi 3.1 and Isaiah 40.3 in Mark 1.2-3	138	(46)
Identifying the Community of the Kingdom: Isaiah 6.9-10 in Mark 4.12	184	(55)
The Hermeneutic of the Kingdom: Isaiah 29.13 in Mark 7.6-7	239	(53)
Identifying the King of the Kingdom: Psalm 118.26 in Mark 11.9	292	(33)
The Vindications of the Kingdom: Isaiah 13.10; 34.4; Daniel 7.13 Zechariah 2.10 and Deuteronomy 30.4 in mark 13.24-27	325	(49)
Conclusion	374	(7)
Bibliography	381	(26)
Index of References	407	(15)
Index of Authors	422