Mark And Paul: Comparative Essays Part Ii, For And Against Pauline Influence On Mark For And Against Pauline Influence On Mark Paul And Mark

This volume brings together an international group of scholars on Mark and Paul, respectively, who reopen the question whether Paul was a direct influence on Mark. On the basis of the latest methods in New Testament scholarship, the battle over Yes and No to this question of literary and theological influence is waged within these pages. In the end, no agreement is reached, but the basic issues stand out with much greater clarity than before. How may one relate two rather different literary genres, the apostolic letter and the narrative gospel? How may the theologies of two such different types of writing be compared? Are there sufficient indications that Paul lies directly behind Mark for us to conclude that through Paul himself and Mark the New Testament as a whole reflects specifically Pauline ideas? What would the literary and theological consequences of either assuming or denying a direct influence be for our reconstruction of 1st century Christianity? And what would the consequences be for either understanding Mark or Paul as literary authors and theologians? How far should we give Paul an exalted a position in the literary creativity of the first Christians? Addressing these questions are scholars who have already written seminally on the issue or have marked positions on it, like Joel Marcus, Margaret Mitchell, Gerd Theissen and Oda Wischmeyer, together with a group of up-coming and senior Danish scholars from Aarhus and Copenhagen Universities who have collaborated on the issue for some years. The present volume leads the discussion further that has been taken up in: “Paul and Mark” (ed. by O. Wischmeyer, D. Sim, and I. Elmer), BZNW 191, 2013. Mark and Paul – Introductory Remarks 9 I. Histories and Contexts 19 Mark as Allegorical Rewriting of Paul: Gustav Volkmar’s Understanding of the Gospel of Mark 21 Mark – Interpreter of Paul 37 Paul and Mark – Mark and Paul 59 A Critical Outline of the History of Research 59 „Evangelium“ im Markusevangelium 71 Zum traditionsgeschichtlichen Ort des ältesten Evangeliums 71 Earliest Christian literary activity: Investigating Authors, Genres and Audiences in Paul and Mark 95 In the Beginning was the Congregation 115 In Search of a Tertium Comparationis between Paul and Mark 115 II. Texts and Interpretations Oda Wischmeyer 127 Romans 1:1–7 and Mark 1:1–3 in Comparison 129 Two Opening Texts at the Beginning of Early Christian Literature 129 Man and the Son of Man in Mark 2:27–28 155 An Exegesis of Mark 2:23–28 Focussing on the Christological Discourse in Mark 2:27–28 with an Epilogue Concerning Pauline Parallels 155 Mark 7:1–23: A Pauline Halakah? 177 Paul in Mark 8:34–9:1: Mark on what it is to be a Christian 197 III. Topics and Perspectives 219 The Politics of Beginnings – Cosmology, Christology and Covenant: Gospel Openings Reconsidered in the Light of Paul’s Pneumatology 221 Adam-Christ Typology in Paul and Mark: Reflections on a Tertium Comparationis 251 Preliminary Remarks 251 The Cross on the Way to Mark 281 Persecution and Denial – Paradigmatic Apostolic Portrayals in Paul and Mark 303 List of Contributors 319 Index of Subjects and Names 321 Index of References 327 Mark as allegorical rewriting of Paul : Gustav Volkmar's understanding of the Gospel of Mark / Anne Vig Skoven Mark, interpreter of Paul / Joel Marcus Paul and Mark, Mark and Paul : a critical outline of the history of research / Heike Omerzu "Evangelium" im Markusevangelium : zum traditionsgeschichtlichen Ort des ältesten Evangeliums / Gerd Theissen Earliest Christian literary activity : investigating authors, genres and audiences in Paul and Mark / Eve-Marie Becker In the beginning was the congregation : in search of a tertium conparationis between Paul and Mark / Mogens Müller Romans 1:1-7 and Mark 1:1-3 in comparison : two opening texts at the beginning of early Christian literature / Oda Wischmeyer Man and the Son of Man in Mark 2:27-28 : an exegesis of Mark 2:23-28 focussing on the christological discourse in Mark 2:27-28 with an epilogue concerning Pauline parallels / Jan Dochhorn Mark 7:1-23 : a Pauline halakah? / Kasper Bro Larsen Paul in Mark 8:34-9:1 : Mark on what it is to be a Christian / Troels Engberg-Pedersen The politics of beginnings : cosmology, Christology and covenant : Gospel openings reconsidered in the light of Paul's pneumatology / Gitte Buch-Hansen Adam-Christ typology in Paul and Mark : reflections of a tertium comparationis / Ole Davidsen The cross on the way to Mark / Jesper Tang Nielsen Persecution and denial : paradigmatic apostolic portrayals in Paul and Mark / Finn Damgaard. Was Paul a direct influence on Mark? On the basis of the latest methods in New Testament scholarship, the battle over Yes and No to this question is waged within these pages. In the end, no agreement is reached, but the basic issues and their impact on studying epistolary and narrative literature in 1st-century Christianity stand out with much greater clarity than before