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For several decades, the Jewishness of Jesus has been at the forefront of scholarship. Students of the New Testament are more than ever aware of the importance of understanding Jesus and the Gospels in their Jewish context. In Reading Mark in Context, a team of Gospel scholars explore the Gospel of Mark in light of Second Temple Jewish literature. Over the last several decades, the Jewishness of...

response to the Spirit-empowered Jesus (1:34; 2:7, 27–28; 4:41; 8:27–30; 9:7; 14:61–62; 15:39; cf. 1:10; 3:28–30) around whom Israel is reconstituted (3:13) and God’s true family gathered (3:31–35). In contrast to the strictures of 1QS, Jesus eats with sinners (Mark 2:15–17), rewards even a cup of cold water given in his name (9:41), requires only the rich man to sell everything (10:21), openly proclaims his message to all (1:39; 4:1)—as much as they were able to understand (4:33)—and publicly engages
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