Commentary of a book on gMark
Scholars soon raised questions about its historical reliability, and form critics in the early twentieth century described Mark as a collector of early Christian traditions shaped by the needs of the early church.
Like the books of Moses, Mark is the product of a long process of tradition involving many authors and editors. In both cases, the story is told by one who believes it and in order to persuade others, and in neither case does the narrator speak in his own name.
The author of Mark has taken the model of biblical sacred history and transformed it, first, by infusing it with an eschatological and apocalyptic perspective and, second, by adapting it to Hellenistic historiographical and biographical traditions. The latter was accomplished by the focus on the person of Jesus and by the presentation of his life and teaching in a way that assimilated him to the Hellenistic philosophers.
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Mark 1:2-3 divinity claim
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