Promise and Fulfilment: Reader-Response To Mark 1.1-15
This study considers how the dynamic of promise and fulfilment affects the reader's response to Mk 1.1-15. The opening of Mark's Gospel makes a number of statements bearing on the future which stimulate contrasting expectations of judgment and salvation. These expectations influence the re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1995
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1995, Volume: 17, Issue: 58, Pages: 3-18 |
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| Summary: | This study considers how the dynamic of promise and fulfilment affects the reader's response to Mk 1.1-15. The opening of Mark's Gospel makes a number of statements bearing on the future which stimulate contrasting expectations of judgment and salvation. These expectations influence the reader's understanding of the text but are at the same time constantly under review. First, expectations are constantly subject to change, being reinforced, modified or undermined. Secondly, fulfilment is never quite as expected. In particular, Jesus' coming is anti-climatic and enigmatic. The result is a tendency to reinterpret past expectations. Thirdly, fulfilment is ultimately deferred to the future, casting the reader's mind ever forward. The effect is a highly creative tension which engages readers, forcing them to assume an active role in interpreting and participating in the mysterious presence of God's reign. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X9501705801 |