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Prof. Adela Collins brings to bear on the text of the first Gospel the latest historical-critical perspectives, providing a full treatment of such controversial issues as the relationship of canonical Mark to the “Secret Gospel of Mark” and the text of the Gospel, including its longer endings. She situates the Gospel, with its enigmatic portrait of the misunderstood Messiah, in the context of...

Jesus as the Messiah (8:29*), and the teachings about the temple (11:17*) and about the Messiah as son of David (12:35–37*) follow the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, during which Jesus is associated with the kingdom of David that is coming (11:10*). The teaching of Jesus in Mark, therefore, is not part of the chain of tradition that goes back to Moses and Sinai, but is a new, authoritative teaching based on his eschatological role.34 One of the most striking characteristics of the presentation of
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