I find the thesis that Mark’s Gospel functions primarily as an apology for the cross convincing. Mark’s narrative is marked by...

In the acclaimed book, Interpreting the Gospel of John, Gary M. Burge provides an introduction to scholarship on the Gospel of John to...

The pericope of Mark 5:21-43 is a typical “Markan sandwich” in which Mark places one narrative inside another, leading the reader to...

οὐχ οὕτως δέ ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ’ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ μέγας γενέσθαι ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται...

Ched Myers reads the Gospel of St. Mark as centered on “the contradiction of the cross-life given, not taken-representing the only power...

So much of my own faith journey is wrapped up in these readings and these questions. In high school, I attended a Christian school, and...

In his book, Reading the Gospels Wisely, Jonathan T. Pennington presents a strategy for fulfilling the title of his work. Pennington...

Michael Crosby, in his article, Matthew's Gospel found in The Way of Discpleship, develops a reading of St. Matthew’s Gospel which...

Καὶ περιῆγεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς πόλεις πάσας καὶ τὰς κώμας, διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ...

1. Matthew employs the common oral technique of grouping like materials together, as exemplified in the way he places Jesus’ teachings...

Modern studies of the Gospels have focused on questions of the “historical Jesus” and making sense of the differences between the four...

Jesus and the New Testament writers were born, raised, and lived in a culture of oppression and resistance. The Roman empire was infamous...

“Oriental Exegesis” is defined by Bailey as “a method of studying a culturally conditioned text. The method is to use the standard...

The world in which Jesus was born was marked by exile. The Jewish people had returned to their land after the Babylonian exile in 538 BCE...

The four gospels are documents which represent early Christian understandings of who Jesus was and the significance of His life for their...

In his work, Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist, Warren Carter develops a reading strategy he calls “authorial intent.” He...