The Moral Life According to Mark (The Library of New Testament Studies, 667)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
M. John-Patrick O’Connor proposes that — in contrast to recent contemporary scholarship that rarely focuses on the ethical implications of discipleship and Christology — Mark’s Gospel, as our earliest life of Jesus, presents a theological description of the moral life. Arguing for Mark’s ethical validity in comparison to Matthew and Luke, O’Connor begins with an analysis of the moral environment of ancient biographies, exploring what types of Jewish and Greco-Romanic conceptions of morality found their way into Hellenistic biographies. Turning to the Gospel’s own examples of morality, O’Connor examines moral accountability according to Mark, including moral reasoning, the nature of a world in conflict, and accountability in both God’s family and to God’s authority. He then turns to images of the accountable self, including an analysis of virtues and virtuous practices within the Gospel. O’Connor concludes with the personification of evil, human responsibility, punitive consequences, and evil’s role in Mark’s moral landscape.
- Argues that Mark’s Gospel presents a theological description of the moral life.
- Begins with an analysis of the moral environment of ancient biographies
- Explores which Jewish and Greco-Romanic conceptions of morality found their way into Hellenistic biographies
- A Neglected Factor in Markan Studies
- The Moral Environment of Ancient Biographies
- Moral Accountability according to Mark
- The Accountable Self according to Mark
- Evil in the Gospel of Mark
- Title: The Moral Life According to Mark
- Author: M. John-Patrick O’Connor
- Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Pages: 217
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- ISBNs: 9780567705594, 9780567705617, 0567705595, 0567705617
- Resource ID: LLS:MRLLFCCRDNGMRK
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-25T16:32:23Z
Dr. M. John-Patrick (“JP”) O’Connor joined the North Central University faculty in Fall 2020. He comes to NCU by way of Princeton, NJ, where he earned his PhD (’20) and MDiv (’15) at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has taught courses at Princeton Theological Seminary, The College of New Jersey, and Northwest University. Before attending seminary, he worked as a pastor at a church plant in Lakewood, Washington. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he loves the outdoors, running, and a good cup of coffee.