analytical reveiw of the Gospel of Mark

p Introduction

The Gospel of Mark is the second of the New Testament gospels , which narrates the life of Jesus Christ from baptism to his resurrection Gospel of Mark is the first of the written gospels , which establishes the life of Jesus in the form of a story . It is generally considered that the main issue in the story is the way Mark presents Jesus and what it means for Jesus to be the Messiah . Disciples never came to realize the significance of Jesus ' Messianic identity . What disciples failed to understand is

now brought to the front of audience : to be a Messiah means much more then simply performing miracle and teach wisdom , there is much more to the mission of Christ , as he had to sacrifice himself for humanity to be saved (Heil , J . 2001

Another issue surrounding the Gospel of Mark is related to the synoptic problem . The first three gospels of the New Testament are very closely related . To be more specific , out of the found in both Mathew and Luke , which is generally referred to as double tradition material (Heil , J . 2001 . Even though there is a number of possible solutions to the problem , the most wide spread view is that the Gospel of Mark was the first to be written , being followed by Mathew and then by Luke , each of the following gospels borrowed material from previous works . As such , the peculiarity of the gospel of Mark is that this is first genuine source of the story and mission of Jesus Christ

Authorship and Dates

The true name of the author of the Gospel of Mark remains unknown However , the text is traditionally attributed to Mark , the disciple of Peter , who also had recorded the speeches of Aristotle . As such , Mark is Peter 's interpreter , who recorded what the disciple remembered from speeches of Jesus and even though recorded all material , but not in chronological (Hauer , C Young , W . 2004 . The gospel was written to sustain faith of Christ followers through persecution and by causing fear . The Gospel also intended to attract new followers , as it was written not for Jews as a primary audience . It was written in Rome during the times of persecution of Christians under Nero , when faith of the community was under threat . Another point supports the fact that the gospel was written in Rome , as Mark employs Latinized vocabulary typical for Rome . The gospel of Mark is a Hellenistic gospel , and the primary audience is the Greek speaking residents of the Roman Empire , as Jewish traditions are explained in detail (Mark 7 :1-4 14 :12 15 :42 ) as well as Aramaic words are also clarified by the author to make sense for those who are only on their way to Christianity (Mark 5 :41 7 :11 : 4 : 36

When it comes to speaking about the date to which the gospel can be traced , it is somewhere between 60 and 80 (Hauer , C Young , W . 2004 Jose O 'Callaghan and Carsten...