Mark's Gospel -- Scripture and Commentary

1. Notes- Gospel 1-4  Fisherman followed him very willingly  Jesus became "famous" very quickly  Performed many miracles  Went to where the "devil" resides  "Those who are well don't need a physician but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners." 2:17 5-7  Jesus healed a man by casting out devils into a herd of swine  Woman was healed by touching his clothes  He raised Jairus's daughter from the dead  He goes to Nazareth and is rejected by his own family  Sends Apostles to different cities where they are also rejected  Then Jesus speaks to Pharisees, scribes, and his disciples about defilement  Heals two gentiles  "Don't be afraid just have faith"  John the Baptist dies  What you think is corrupt is where God is, in society and in yourself God shares himself with everyone  The gospel is turning upside the cultural system it is addressing  5,000 men and 12 baskets (real miracle was getting everyone to share)  Radically restructure society so that those with means receive and those who need receive, redistribution of wealth  Gospel addresses human condition right where it is 12 baskets are representative of 12 tribes of Israel  Gentile Christians are mad about how the economic system is turned over 8:1-26  Jesus told his disciples to distribute 7 loaves of bread, which fed 4,000 people  The disciples forgot to bring the bread on the boat  Blind man’s sight was brought back by Jesus, he used his spit 8:26-10:32  Feeding of the four thousand  Pharisees argued with Jesus  Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.  The leavened bread is sinful?  Share what you have (broke seven loaves for four thousand)  Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up on a mountain and is transfigured before them Elijah and Moses appear with Jesus and speak with him Jesus taught that divorce is only allowed in cases of adultery  Jesus told the rich man to sell all of his possessions and give all that money to the poor Jesus taught that it is hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God because they aren't willing to give up their wealth 10:32-16:8 

1. Notes- Commentary Intro  Eisogesis and exegesis  Many people claim that there is one way to read a text  You cannot help but bring your own vantage point to the reading, as everyone unconsciously has their own individual perspective  Contemplative perspective  Hermeneutical method of research rather than an exegetical method  Utilizing historical critical methods is very important to biblical criticism  Interpreting the bible calls for a pastoral application demanding a level of spiritual maturity on the part of the exegete  Text has a life of its own apart from the author  Reader is a participant in the text  Not to agree with the other but to come to an understanding  Biblical hermeneutics is much like legal hermeneutics  What questions were not being answered by the text?  Proof-texting from a literal point of view is inadequate and wrong as a model of  The task of our own time is to appreciate and exploit the creative possibilities of the tension between what the text meant and what the text means  Mark is a creative author who used stories of tradition about Jesus  Mark was not just collecting stories and traditions but critiquing them at the same  time and trine to draw out a deeper meaning of purpose and direction that were hidden within the text  We should address the conditions of social ecclesial and psychological that we face  Mark is critical of the church, culture, and consciousness Words:  Layman - a nonordained male member of a church  Ecclesial structures - Christian religious group  Exegete - an expounder or textual interpreter, especially of scripture  Markan gospel? Intro II  Gospels address full range of human experiences  Mark invented the gospel style of writing  Intra-personal programs inhabit human life, Also called energy centers  Energy centers are rooted from security and survival, pleasure and self-esteem, power and control, and group over-identification  Gospel of Mark is a critique of the Church, Culture, and Consciousness  Polemical: expressing or constituting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something. The Heart of Mark and his Critique  Jesus asks "Who do you say I am?; Peter says The Christ  While Peter had the orthodox terminology he did not have the level of consciousness commensurate with a proper understanding of what it meant for both Jesus and him