The Baptismal Episode as Trinitarian Narrative: Proto-Trinitarian Structures in Mark's Conception of God (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.reihe)

"Hallur Mortensen examines the concept of God in Mark's Gospel, with particular emphasis on the baptismal scene of 1:9-11. This he closely relates to the beginning and end of the prologue (1:2-3 and 1:14-15) concerning the coming of the Lord, the gospel, and the kingdom of God. The allusions of the divine voice to Psalm 2 and Isaiah 42 reveal the function and identity of Jesus as the Son of God and thus also of God as the father of Jesus. The identity and descent of the Spirit at the baptism as an anointing is discussed in detail, and has a critical function in the coming of the kingdom and the defeat of Satan. These aspects are examined in the context of Jewish monotheism and what Hans W. Frei calls the "intention-action description" of identity - that 'being' is constituted by 'action' - and Mortensen thus argues that Mark's Gospel portrays a proto- and narrative trinitarian conception of God." --provided by publisher Cover Title Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction: Mark’s God in the History of Recent Research I. Nils A. Dahl’s Plea and the Earliest Responses a. Nils A. Dahl (1975) b. Robert C. Tannehill (1979) c. John R. Donahue (1982, 1984) II. Early German Contributions a. Joachim Gnilka (1992) b. François Vouga (1995) c. Klaus Scholtissek (1996) III. Recent Contributions a. Paul L. Danove (2001, 2005) b. Jack Dean Kingsbury (2002) c. Gudrun Guttenberger (2004) d. Geert van Oyen (2006, 2012) e. Ira Brent Driggers (2007) f. Joanna Dewey and E. S. Malbon (2009) g. Tobias Nicklas (2014) IV. Doctoral Theses a. Kisun No (1999) b. Philip Reuben Johnson (2000) c. C. Drew Smith (2002, 2003) d. Daniel Johansson (2011) V. Conclusions Chapter 1: Reading Mark I. The Question of Genre II. Mark and the Old Testament a. Defining Citations and Allusions b. Isaiah as Marks Narrative Framework c. The Theological Function of Mark’s Use of Scripture III. The Function of Mark’s Prologue a. The Extent of the Prologue b. The Narrative Function of the Prologue IV. Conclusions Chapter 2: The Theological Context of the Baptism Episode I. The Gospel of Mark and the God of Israel II. God’s Narrative Identity III. The Opening Citation and the Coming of the Lord IV. The Gospel and the Kingdom a. The Gospel in Mark b. The Gospel of God’s Reign in Isaiah c. The Kingdom in Daniel d. The Meaning of the Kingdom of God V. Conclusions Chapter 3: The Torn Heaven I. Apocalyptic a. Defining Apocalyptic b. The Apocalyptic Context of the Baptism Episode II. The Open Heaven Motif a. Ezekiel and the Conceptual Background b. Other Call Narratives i. The Testament of Levi ii. Second Baruch iii. First Enoch c. The Function of the Open Heaven Motif III. Mark’s Torn Heaven and Isaiah’s Plea IV. The Torn Veil and the Divine Presence V. Conclusions Chapter 4: The Divine Sonship of Jesus I. The Father’s Voice at the Baptism a. The Allusion to Psalm 2 b. The Allusion to Isaiah 42:1 c. The Function of the Divine Voice i. Calling/Commission ii. Adoption iii. Coronation/Installation/Consecration iv. The Revelation of the Son of God v. Conclusion II. The Narrative Revelation of Divine Sonship a. Non-Human Knowledge of Jesus’ Divine Sonship b. Human Knowledge of Jesus’ Divine Sonship i. Peter’s Confession and the Voice from the Cloud ii. The Parable of the Vineyard iii. Mark 13:32 iv. Jesus before the High Priest and Pilate v. The Centurion’s Confession vi. Conclusion III. God as Father IV. Conclusions Chapter 5: The Spirit’s Descent I. The Spirit’s Anointing of Jesus a. Ezekiel’s Prophetic Spirit and the Eschatological Spirit of Isaiah b. The Manner of the Spirit’s Descent c. The Spirit-Anointed Jesus II. The Spirit and the Defeat of Satan a. The Parables of Beelzebul b. Jesus the Stronger One c. The Spirit and the Kingdom d. Blasphemy Against the Spirit III. The Spirit Speaks IV. The Identity of the Spirit a. The Spirit in Isaiah 63:7–64:11 b. The Spirit as Hypostasis of God and Beyond V. Conclusions Chapter 6: Towards a Trinitarian Conception of God? I. Is Mark’s Gospel Trinitarian? II. Should the Word ‘Trinity’ be Used? III. Narrative Trinitarian Theology Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects Hallur Mortensen analysiert den Gottesbegriff bei Markus, indem er die Verbindung der Taufe in 1,9-11 zum Kommen des Herrn, zum Evangelium und zum Reich Gottes in 1,2-3 und 1,14-15 betont. Die göttliche Stimme, die die Identität von Jesus und Gott offenbart, und der Geist werden im Kontext des jüdischen Monotheismus untersucht