NEW STUDIES IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY 18
Series editor: D. A. Carson
The cross from a distance
ATONEMENT IN MARK’S GOSPEL
Peter G. Bolt
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First published 2004
Reprinted 2006
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The cross at a distance: God up close
1 The cross and the abolition of religion
The bridegroom in Mark’s story of the cross
The bridegroom present and taken away
Jesus and the abolition of religion
Jesus and the establishment of faith
The cross in Mark’s central section
The necessity of the cross in Mark’s world
3 The cross as ‘the end of the world’
Mark 13: apocalyptic preparation for the passion
Mark 13 in the context of the Gospel
The cross as the great distress
Mark 14: preparations for Jesus’ death
The cross as the end of the world
4 The cross: where God comes close
The world officially rejects the Messiah
The gods and the crucified God
5 The cross, resurrection and the hope of humanity
Mark’s denouement: the crucified one is risen
The empty tomb: what happened to the body?
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About The Cross from a Distance: Atonement in Mark’s Gospel“They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha.… And they crucified him.… Some women were watching from a distance” (Mark 15:22, 24, 40). At the climax of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus of Nazareth is put to death on a Roman cross. The text tells us, in that lonely hour, that a group of women were watching the crucifixion “from a distance.” In a sense, they are given a stance toward the cross that we can share. Peter G. Bolt explores why the cross is so prominent in Mark’s Gospel. He asks what contribution Mark’s teaching can make to our understanding of the atonement. He shows how this teaching can inform, correct, and enrich our own preaching of the gospel in the contemporary world. He helps us to stand in wonder before God who has come close to us in the cross of Jesus Christ and to live in hope for the better things to come. |
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