JPN: Bible: Mark: Close Reading

Close Reading: Mark 1:1-8:26, passage by passage

Resources for the close reading of the gospel of Mark.

	Resources on this site.
	Resources from other sites and authors.

1:1 - 8:22(26) The Powerful, Secret Messiah
	1:1-20	Introduction
	1:1-13	Prologue Without any preliminaries, Jesus comes charging into the story.
	1:14-15	Jesus announces his message: The Kingdom of God God's rule is here.
	1:16-20	Calling disciples
	1:21-34	A day in the ministry

	1:35-45	Jesus' popularity


	2:1-3:35	Jesus' healing brings popularity and controversy
			Lecture Notes for 2:1 - 3:6 (PDF, 8k)

			The ministry in microcosm: healing on the sabbath 3:1-6 (pdf)
	4:1-34	Jesus teaches

	5:1-6:29	Ministry in and around Galilee
	5:1-20	Authority over the legions of demons
			G. Herrick, Demonism in Jewish/Hellenistic Literature and Its Relation to Mark 5 (Up 10/10/06; posted 5/8/02)

6:30 - 7:37	Feeding the 5,000 (cycle of stories).
		Overview of the two cycles of feeding stories 6:31-8:26 (PDF 24kb)
6:30-34	Jesus attempts to withdraw
		Lecture notes for 6:30-34 (PDF, 10kb)
6:35-44	Feeding the 5,000

7:31-37	Healing of a man who was deaf and couldn't speak.
		Lecture notes for 7:31-37 (PDF, 7kb)

8:1-26	Feeding the 4,000 (cycle of stories).
		Outline, Mark 8 - 10 (PDF, 5kb)
8:22-6	The two-stage healing of a blind man
		Many suggest that this story is a hinge between the first and second parts of the gospel, and that the two-stage aspect of the healing refers to the disciples' inability to 'see' what is going on.