Interpretation articles from October 1993

Interpretation archives from October 1993

Toward a narrative-critical understanding of Mark. (the Gospel of Mark)
October 1, 1993... ALTHOUGH NARRATIVE: CRITICISM has been used effectively in the study of all four Gospels, it was first applied to the Gospel of Mark. Much of the work that led to the development of narrative criticism(1) was originally undertaken in the Society...

How the Gospel of Mark builds character.
October 1, 1993... For most of the last century, the group of characters in the Gospel of Mark drawing the most attention and causing the most problems has clearly been the twelve disciples. Their path through the Gospel begins with immediate decisions to follow...

Losing life for others in the face of death: Mark's standards of judgment. (the Gospel of Mark)
October 1, 1993... One way to understand the purpose of the Gospel of Mark is to discern the standards of judgment for human behavior that govern the narrative., The standards of judgment are the values and beliefs implicit in the narrative world by which readers...

The significance of the Cross within Mark's story. (the Gospel of Mark)
October 1, 1993... IN ALL FOUR canonical Gospels, the scene of Jesus, death on the cross is climactic. Still, Mark stands out in a special way as the Gospel of the cross. The reason is that two major motifs, which run the length of the story, reach their...

The social location of the Markan audience. (the Gospel of Mark)
October 1, 1993... ATTEMPTS TO DESCRIBE the social location(1) of the Markan audience are faced with a formidable obstacle right from the start: Scholars have been unable to agree on its place of origin. In recent decades, the view of many scholars, perhaps a...

Psalm 80:1-7. (Between Text and Sermon)
October 1, 1993... DESPITE THE FACT that Psalm 80:1-7 occurs twice in the Common Lectionary (during Advent in Years B and C), it does not appear to be a favorite preaching text among pastors. A survey of the extensive sermonic holdings of one theological seminary...

Mark 1:4-11. (Between Text and Sermon)
October 1, 1993... IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, Jesus, baptism marks the change of ages and the dawning of God's kingdom on earth. It demonstrates God's identification with sinners and serves to inaugurate the divine mission of salvation through the cross. Christian...

Mark 14:12-26. (Between Text and Sermon)
October 1, 1993... THE PREACHER SITS before the text. A mental image immediately comes to mind: "The congregation tonight will hear the words of this Gospel reading and my sermon following it. All present will have their own memories, their own perspectives of who...

Mark 16:1-8. (Between Text and Sermon)
October 1, 1993... Is THAT ALL THERE IS: three women and a white-robed young man? The body of Jesus of Nazareth, who was murdered, is nowhere to be seen! An announcement is made: "He has been raised; he is not here." A command follows: "But go, tell his disciples...

The Gospel of Luke.
October 1, 1993... by Luke Timothy Johnson. Sacra Pagina Series, Vol. 3. Glazier/Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1991. 466 pp. $29.95. ISBN 08146-5805-9. These two volumes--one on Matthew by Harrington, Professor of New Testament at Weston School of Theology,...

The Gospel of Matthew.
October 1, 1993... by Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Sacra Pagina Series, Vol. 1. Glazier/Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1991. 429 pp. $29.95. ISBN0-8146-5803-2. These two volumes--one on Matthew by Harrington, Professor of New Testament at Weston School of...

From Jewish prophet to Gentile God: The Origins and Development of New Testament Christology.
October 1, 1993... by Maurice Casey. The Edward Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham, 19851986. James Clarke & Co., Cambridge/Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, 1991. 197 pp. $20. 95. ISBN 0-664-21960-8. To recover the Jesus of history from...

The Gottingen Dogmatics: Instruction in the Christian Religion, vol. 1.
October 1, 1993... Vol. I, by Karl Barth. Edited by Hannelotte Reiffen, translated by Geofrey W. Bromiley. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, 1991. 490 pp. $39. 95. ISBN 0-8028-2421-8. These lectures were given in 1924 and 1925 during Barth's first...

Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology.
October 1, 1993... by Daniel L. Migliore. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, 1991. 312 pp. $18.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8028-0601-5. Reformed theology has long needed a one-volume introduction suitable for contemporary use in the classroom and the church....

The Women's Bible Commentary.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe. SPCK, London/Westminster/ John Knox Press, Louisville, 1992. 396 pp. $20.00. ISBN 0-664-21922-5. This book is a landmark. During the past three decades, the number of women interpreting the...

Women Who Knew Paul.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Florence M. Gillman. Zacchaeus Studies: New Testament. Glazier/Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1992. 95 pp. $6.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8146-5674-9. Intended primarily for "college and adult Bible students" (p. 16), this attempt "to bring some...

The Old Testament of the Old Testament: Patriarchal Narratives and Mosaic Yahwism.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By R W.L. Moberly. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 1992. 224 pp. $12. 95 (paper). ISBN 0-8006-1561-1. Moberly proposes the thesis that "the relationship of patriarchal religion (Gen. 12--50) to Mosaic Yahwism in...

Contexts for Amos: Prophetic Poetics in Latin American Perspective.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Mark Daniel Carroll R. JSOT Sup. Series 132. JSOT/Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1992. 362 pp. $70.00. ISBN 1-85075-297-4. Today various methods of biblical interpretation are being explored. This book employs a poetic reading of the...

Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Philip Peter Jenson. JSOT Sup. Series 106. JSOT/Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1992. 281 pp. $60.00. ISBN 1-85075-360-1. This book is a revision of a dissertation written at Cambridge University in 1988. As a dissertation it is...

The Flowering of Old Testament Theology: A Reader in Twentieth-Century Old Testament Theology, 1930-1990.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Ben C. Ollenourger, Elmer A. Martens, and Gerhard F. HaseL Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, Vol. 1. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, 1992. 547 pp. $29.50. ISBN 0-931464-62-5. The editors have compiled a sourcebook or reader of...

Text as Pretext: Essays in Honour of Robert Davidson.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Robert P. Carroll. JSOT Sup. Ser. 38. JSOT/ Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1992. 307 pp. $52.50. ISBN 1-85075295-8. Davidson was elected moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1990, retired from almost forty years of full-time...

God's Beloved: Jesus' Experience of the Transcendent.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Bernard J. Cooke. Trinity Press International, Philadelphia, 1992. 131 pp. $13.95 (paper). ISBN 1-56338-020-X Here is a christology from neither above nor below but from within. Jesus, religious self-consciousness, identified via modern...

The Jesus of Christian History.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Donald J. Goergen. A Theology of Jesus, Vol. 3. Glazier/Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1992. 287pp. $14.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8146-5605-6. This book is the third of five in the author's Theology of Jesus series, one directed toward pastors,...

A New Handbook of Christian Theology.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1992. 525 pp. $19. 95 (paper). ISBN 0-687-27802-3. The predecessor of this volume, A Handbook of Christian Theology, published in 1958, went through more than twenty...

Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Donald K McKim. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville/St. Andrew Press, Edinburgh, 1992. 414 pp. $36.95. ISBN 0-664-21882-2. This encyclopedia consists of more than five hundred articles written by over two hundred contributors,...

Reformed Spirituality: An Introduction for Believers.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Howard L. Rice. Westminster/John Know Press, Louisville, 1991. 224 pp. $14.95 (paper). ISBN 0-664-25230-3. This volume stands as a golden mean among the extremes that characterize the current conversation within the American Reformed...

Living the Christian Life: A Guide to Reformed Spirituality.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Robert H. Ramey, Jr. and Ben Campbell Johnson. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, 1992. 181 pp. $12. 95 (paper). ISBN 0-66425286-9. Ramey and Johnson have produced a book designed to outline some basic considerations related to the...

The Meaning of Peace: Biblical Studies.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... Edited by Perry B. Yoder and Willard M. Swartley. Translated by Walter Sawatsky. Studies in Peace and Scripture Series. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, 1992. 289 pp. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-664-25312-1. In the Preface, Swartley notes...

The Gospel of Peace: A Scriptural Message for Today's World.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1993... By Ulrich Mauser. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, 1992. 196 pp. $16.95 (paper). ISBN0-664-25349-0. This study on peace in the New Testament, published in the series "Studies in Peace and Scripture" sponsored by the Institute of...