Mobile Ed: NT318 Book Study: The Gospel of Mark in Its Roman Context (8 hour course - audio)

by Craig A. Evans

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2016

Overview

Explore the social settings, traditions, and historical setting, as well as the question of the authorship of Mark. Tackle the first half of Mark, which is dedicated to Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, where he performed miracles; and the second half of Mark, which is focused on Jesus in Jerusalem and the passion. Discover the purpose of Mark’s Gospel, which is to present Jesus as God’s true Son who fulfills his mission on earth. Dr. Craig Evans sheds light on the book of Mark and brings the text to life.

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Introduction to the Gospel of Mark

• Who Wrote Mark and When? Part 1
• Who Wrote Mark and When? Part 2
• Living Voices
• Mark and Qumran Cave 7
• Manuscripts of Mark
• Historical Context of Mark
• Mark’s Incipit

Unit 2: Jesus’ Public Ministry Begins

• Mark’s Thesis Statement (1:1–3)
• John the Baptist
• The Kingdom of God in Mark 1:15
• Jesus in Capernaum

Unit 3: Jesus’ Power as Exorcist and Healer

• Names and Pigs
• Jesus Succeeds Where Others Fail
• Exorcism Methods
• Jesus versus Solomon
• Wanted: Holy Spirit Power
• Enduring Legacy of Jesus’ Power

Unit 4: Son of Man, Apostles of God

• Healing and Forgiving the Paralytic
• Son of Man
• Apostles Sent by God
• Sowing the Word
• Structure of Mark

Unit 5: Messianic Revelations

• Peter’s Confession of Christ
• Jesus’ Passion Prophecy
• Take Up Your Cross
• Heavenly Confirmation

Unit 6: Kingdom Ethics and Relationships

• Divorce
• Children
• The Rich Man
• Wealth and the Kingdom of God
• Service in the Kingdom
• Suffering as Atonement in Jewish Tradition
• Healing of Bartimaeus

Unit 7: Jesus in Jerusalem

• Triumphal Entry: Part 1
• Triumphal Entry: Part 2
• The Fig Tree
• House of Prayer or Robbers’ Den?
• Jeremiah’s Warning
• Jesus’ Calculated Risk

Unit 8: Escalating Antagonism

• Narrative Structure
• By What Authority?
• Wicked Vineyard Tenants: Part 1
• Wicked Vineyard Tenants: Part 2
• Trying to Trap Jesus
• David and the Identity of the Messiah
• Greed on Display
• Jesus’ End Times Prophecies

Unit 9: Road to the Cross

• Devotion and Betrayal
• The Last Supper
• Words of Institution
• Gethsemane
• Jesus’ Arrest
• Jesus’ Trial
• Peter’s Denial

Unit 10: Death, Burial, and Resurrection

• Jesus before Pilate
• King of the Jews
• The Death of Jesus
• Jesus’ Burial
• The Resurrection of Jesus
• The Last Twelve Verses of Mark
• Was Jesus Really Resurrected?

Conclusion

• Bringing the Gospel to Life

Product Details

• Title: NT318 Book Study: The Gospel of Mark in Its Roman Context (audio)
• Instructor: Dr. Craig A. Evans
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
• Resource Type: audio
• Length: 8 hours

About Craig A. Evans

Craig A. Evans (Ph.D.) is an esteemed, internationally recognized biblical scholar, author, and a regular guest on TV documentaries. He is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Theological Seminary. He was formally Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College. Before working at Acadia, Evans taught at Trinity Western University in British Columbia for twenty-one years, where he directed the graduate program in biblical studies and founded the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. Evans has lectured at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, and Yale. He also regularly lectures and gives talks at popular conferences and retreats on the historical Jesus, archaeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Bible.

He is the author or editor of more than fifty books and hundreds of articles and reviews. Evans is well-known for his work on the Gospels, the Historical Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the archaeology of the New Testament. His passion for archaeology has him frequently participating in Middle East digs and leading Holy Land tours. He has appeared in television and radio interviews, such as the History Channel, BBC, and Dateline NBC. Evans served as a consultant on the National Geographic Society's Gospel of Judas project and for The Bible television miniseries, and is featured in documentaries like Fragments of Truth and the Archaeology and Jesus series. He's written hundreds of articles and reviews and published more than 70 books, including Jesus and His Contemporaries, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies, Mark in the Word Biblical Commentary, Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, God Speaks, and Jesus and the Remains of His Days: Studies in Jesus and Archaeology. He coauthored Jesus, the Final Days with N. T. Wright.