Mark

Question 1

Jesus’ pedagogy

Answer 1

Parables (chronological, mundane to explain something more comlex)

Question 2

Type

Answer 2

Passion narrative with long into

Question 3

Messiah or Christ

Answer 3

Person chosen to be a prophet, priest, or king and usually activated to be such through act of anointing with oil. Raised up to help Israel.

Question 4

Son of Man

Answer 4

Transcendent judge and deliverer in Jewish apocalypses (or just a man)

Question 5

Historical Jesus

Answer 5

Born 3 C.E.
Jewish
Poor tradesman
Lived in region of Galilee
Appointed 12 to be inner circle
Crucified by Rome

Question 6

Terminus ad quem

Answer 6

125 C.E.
Date as late as possible, without passing another text that mentions it
Use external evidence

Question 7

Terminus a quo

Answer 7

70 C.E.
As early as possible, use internal evidence
Temple destroyed 70 C.E. by Titus (Mark 13), after Jewish revolt

Question 8

Date of composition

Answer 8

68-69 C.E.

Could see events unfold before actual destruction of temple

Question 9

Audience

Answer 9

Gentile Christians, unfamiliar with Jewish practices or expressions, somewhere around Syria
Mark’s habit of translating and explaining Semantic actions and words in evidence for this

Question 10

Genre

Answer 10

Ancient biography:
Beginning of career of person, all the way to death
What lies between arranges thematically

Question 11

Character hierarchy

Answer 11

Those who want to kill Jesus
Those who think Jesus is in cahoots with the devil
Those who reject Jesus
Those who hear Jesus and do what He teaches (disciples)
Twelve apostles (slow to believe, slow to understand- relatable and empathy, Jesus looks better in comparison)
Jesus (a class of His own)

Question 12

Synoptic

Answer 12

To be looked at together

Matthew, Mark, and Luke

Question 13

Historiography

Answer 13

The story of how and why each gospel was written

Question 14

When two texts are extremely similar, only three options:

Answer 14

Text A used text B
Text B used text A
Text A and B used a third text

Question 15

Synoptic problem asks two main questions:

Answer 15

Which was written first (probably Mark)
Which text(s) did each gospel copy from?

Question 16

Triple tradition

Answer 16

Sayings or episodes found in all three gospels, virtually the same order

Question 17

Double tradition

Answer 17

Only found in Matthew and Luke, vary radically in order

Question 18

Considerations:

Answer 18

Versions of the gospel we have now, may be different from what was used early on
Could we using their memory of the text, as opposed to the text itself
Could be using liturgy (sayings) and not particular text, even though that liturgy is derived from a particular text

Question 19

Three major solutions:

Answer 19

Two document hypothesis
Farrer hypothesis
Griesbach hypothesis

Question 20

Two document hypothesis

Answer 20

• Q
• then Mark
• Matthew knows of both and combines them (uses Mark’s material)
• Luke does same as Matthew independent of him (uses more of Mark’s order)

Evidence to contrary

• Show Luke or Matthew copied from each other
• > Both: same words, have birth narratives, have genealogies, etc.

Question 21

Farrer hypothesis

Answer 21

• Mark
• Matthew expands from Mark
• Luke uses Mark and Matthew

Evidence to contrary
-Double tradition stems from Q source (Luke uses more of the original reading of Q)

Question 22

Griesbach hypothesis

Answer 22

• Matthew
• then Luke expands on Matthew
• Mark uses both

Evidence to contrary
-Mark short in comparison, others expand on Mark (so Mark must be written first)

Question 23

Mark 1-8

Answer 23

Although Jesus had become very popular with all of the miracles He had preformed, He did not want the attention. When He cured a man whom had leprosy, he asked him to tell no one, and He kept demons from saying that He was the Son of God. Jesus gives credit to other things for the miracles He carries out, such as the Lord and a person’s faith. Even when His disciples have figured out who Jesus is, He asks them not to tell anyone. When Jesus speaks to the crowds, He speaks in parables, only explaining to His disciples.

Question 24

Mark 9-16

Answer 24

These chapters recount the story of Jesus’ death, and eventual resurrection. While teaching, Jesus uses many parables and hyperboles. Jesus also shows His wonderful sense of humor and His philosophical side. One example is when the elders demanded to be told where Jesus gets his authority from and in turn Jesus asks them a question in which either answer would harm them.