Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Mark and Paul – Introductory Remarks 1
5. I. Histories and Contexts
6. Mark as Allegorical Rewriting of Paul: Gustav Volkmar’s Understanding of the Gospel of Mark 13
7. Mark – Interpreter of Paul 29
8. Paul and Mark – Mark and Paul A Critical Outline of the History of Research 51
9. “Evangelium” im Markusevangelium Zum traditionsgeschichtlichen Ort des ältesten Evangeliums 63
10. Earliest Christian literary activity: Investigating Authors, Genres and Audiences in Paul and Mark 87
11. In the Beginning was the Congregation In Search of a Tertium Comparationis between Paul and Mark 107
12. II. Texts and Interpretations
13. Romans 1:1–7 and Mark 1:1–3 in Comparison Two Opening Texts at the Beginning of Early Christian Literature 121
14. Man and the Son of Man in Mark 2:27–28 An Exegesis of Mark 2:23–28 Focussing on the Christological Discourse in Mark 2:27–28 with an Epilogue Concerning Pauline Parallels 147
15. Mark 7:1–23: A Pauline Halakah? 169
16. Paul in Mark 8:34–9:1: Mark on what it is to be a Christian 189
17. III. Topics and Perspectives
18. The Politics of Beginnings – Cosmology, Christology and Covenant: Gospel Openings Reconsidered in the Light of Paul’s Pneumatology 213
19. Adam-Christ Typology in Paul and Mark: Reflections on a Tertium Comparationis 243
20. The Cross on the Way to Mark 273
21. Persecution and Denial – Paradigmatic Apostolic Portrayals in Paul and Mark 295
22. List of Contributors 311
23. Index of Subjects and Names 313
24. Index of References 319