04765nam 22006611c 450 991015470110332120251211121134.0978147255100914725510019780567170057056717005510.5040/9781472551009(CKB)2670000000419633(EBL)1394939(SSID)ssj0001188701(PQKBManifestationID)11695100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001188701(PQKBWorkID)11139732(PQKB)11744588(MiAaPQ)EBC1394939(OCoLC)1097146518(UtOrBLW)bpp09255180(UtOrBLW)BP9781472551009BC(EXLCZ)99267000000041963320140929d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe theological role of paradox in the Gospel of Mark Laura C. SweatLondon Bloomsbury 2013.1 online resource (223 p.)Library of New Testament studies 492Description based upon print version of record.9780567662576 0567662578 9780567215703 0567215709 Includes bibliographical references and indexpt. 1. Parables -- pt. 2. PassionIntroduction -- Part One: Parables -- 1. Paradox Introduced -- 2. A First Paradox: Concealment and Revelation -- 3. A Second Paradox: Scripture Both Countered and Confirmed -- 4. A Third Paradox: Sowing Abundant Waste -- Part Two: Passion -- 5. Paradoxical Proclamations: Waste and Bounty at Bethany -- 6. Challenging Scripture and Concealing Action: Gethsemane -- 7. Climactic Concealment and the Wastefully Sent Son: Golgotha -- 8. The Promise of Paradoxes: The Empty Tomb -- 9. Conclusion"Scholarship on the Gospel of Mark has long been convinced of the paradoxical description of two of its primary themes, christology and discipleship. This book argues that paradoxical language pervades the entire narrative, and that it serves a theological purpose in describing God's activity. Part One focuses on divine action present in Mark 4:10-12. In the first paradox, Mark portrays God's revelatory acts as consistently accompanied by concealment. The second paradox is shown in the various ways in which divine action confirms, yet counters, scripture. Finally, Mark describes God's actions in ways that indicate both wastefulness and goodness; deeds that are further illuminated by the ongoing, yet defeated, presence of evil. Part Two demonstrates that this paradoxical language is widely attested across Mark's passion narrative, as he continues to depict God's activity with the use of the three paradoxes observed in Mark 4. Through paradoxical narrative, Mark emphasizes God's transcendence and presence, showing that even though Jesus has brought revelation, a complete understanding of God remains tantalizingly out of their grasp until the eschaton (4:22)."--Bloomsbury PublishingScholarship on the Gospel of Mark has long been convinced of the paradoxical description of two of its primary themes, christology and discipleship. This book argues that paradoxical language pervades the entire narrative, and that it serves a theological purpose in describing God's activity. Part One focuses on divine action present in Mark 4:10-12. In the first paradox, Mark portrays God's revelatory acts as consistently accompanied by concealment. The second paradox is shown in the various ways in which divine action confirms, yet counters, scripture. Finally, Mark describes God's actions in ways that indicate both wastefulness and goodness; deeds that are further illuminated by the ongoing, yet defeated, presence of evil. Part Two demonstrates that this paradoxical language is widely attested across Mark's passion narrative, as he continues to depict God's activity with the use of the three paradoxes observed in Mark 4. Through paradoxical narrative, Mark emphasizes God's transcendence and presence, showing that even though Jesus has brought revelation, a complete understanding of God remains tantalizingly out of their grasp until the eschaton (4:22)Library of New Testament studies ;492.Paradox in the BibleChristian lifeParadox in the Bible.Christian life.226.306Sweat Laura C.1263124UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910154701103321The theological role of paradox in the Gospel of Mark2960087UNINA