The 'Gospel' Between Emperor and Temple in the Gospel of Mark: A Story of Epoch-Making Proximity to the Divine Through Victory and Cult

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Title
Preface
Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Preliminary Remarks
List of Tables
Chapter 1: The Εὐαγγέλιον of Mark between Kingdom and Cross
	1.1 The Question Never Envisioned
	1.2 Thesis of Investigation
		1.2.1 Research Question
		1.2.2 Working Hypothesis
		1.2.3 Investigation Outline
	1.3 Method and Presuppositions
		1.3.1 Blueprint for Reading Mark
		1.3.2 A Note on Modern Concepts for Ancient Texts
		1.3.3 Scope and Demarcations
Chapter 2: Mark and his Εὐαγγέλιον – Status Quaestionis
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Mind the Gap: The Root of τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον
		2.2.1 A Problematic Pedigree
		2.2.2 The Surprising Discoveries of 1898 and 1899
		2.2.3 Judean Explanations
		2.2.4 Hellenistic/Roman Explanations
		2.2.5 Τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον as a Composite Notion (I)
	2.3 Kingdom or Christ? The Content of Mark’s Εὐαγγέλιον
		2.3.1 Harnack and the Question of ‘das doppelte Evangelium’
		2.3.2 Gospel Understanding in Ensuing Research
		2.3.3 Τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον as a Composite Notion (II)
	2.4 Mark and the Empire: Postcolonial and/or Anti-Imperial Readings
		2.4.1 From Belege to Hermeneutics … and Preaching
		2.4.2 Early Political Studies of Mark
		2.4.3 Richard A. Horsley and Anti-Empire
		2.4.4 Vespasian or Jesus
		2.4.5 Postcolonial Ambivalence
		2.4.6 Discussion
	2.5 Provenance and Gospel Purpose
		2.5.1 From Gospel Problems to Provenance Problems
		2.5.2 From Galilee to Capernaum
		2.5.3 From Syria to Sectarianism
		2.5.4 From Rome to Vespasian
		2.5.5 Evaluation of the Current Provenance Discussion
	2.6 Partial Conclusion
Chapter 3: Epoch-Making ‘Gospel’ Proclamations before Mark
	3.1 Introduction and Research Questions
	3.2 The ‘Gospel’ as an Epoch-Making Proclamation
		3.2.1 Epoch-Making ‘Gospels’ in the Hebrew Bible
		3.2.2 Epoch-Making ‘Gospels’ in the LXX
		3.2.3 Epoch-Making ‘Gospels’ in Greek and Roman Texts
	3.3 The Epoch-Making ‘Gospel’ Vision of Isaiah 40–66
		3.3.1 The Isaianic ‘Gospel’ as a ‘New Exodus’?
		3.3.2 The Epoch-Making Vision of Proximity to the Divine
		3.3.3 Through Kingly Victory and Cultic Atonement
	3.4 Isaianic Restoration in the Late Second Temple Period
		3.4.1 Isaianic ‘Gospel’ Proclamation in Late Second Temple Jewish Texts
		3.4.2 Isaiah and the Sectarian Quest for the ‘Place of Fulfilment’
		3.4.3 Paul as Priest, Prophet, and Proclaimer of the Isaianic Gospel
	3.5 Partial Conclusion
Chapter 4: Mark’s Prologue between Promise and Proximity
	4.1 Introduction and Research Questions
	4.2 Structure and Outline of Mark’s Prologue
		4.2.1 Can a Convincing Structure of Mark be Established?
		4.2.2 Is Mark’s ‘Prologue’ a Prologue?
		4.2.3 How Long is Mark’s Prologue?
		4.2.4 How Does 1:1 Function in Mark’s Introduction?
	4.3 Mark’s Epoch-Making Use of Isaiah’s ‘Gospel’
		4.3.1 Research Overview
		4.3.2 Mark 1:2–3: Analysis
		4.3.3 A ‘New Exodus’ in Mark?
	4.4 Proximity Begun, Prepared, Received, Tested
		4.4.1 Epoch-Making Proximity Begun: Ἀρχή (1:1)
		4.4.2 Epoch-Making Proximity Prepared (1:4–8)
		4.4.3 Epoch-Making Proximity Received (1:9–11)
		4.4.4 Epoch-Making Proximity Tested (1:12–13)
	4.5 Proximity Proclaimed
		4.5.1 The Gospel of Genitives
		4.5.2 The ‘Gospel,’ God, Jesus, and the Kingdom (1:14–15)
		4.5.3 The ‘Gospel’ and Jesus the Messiah (1:1)
	4.6 Partial Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Galilean ‘Gospel’ of Victory and Proximity
	5.1 Introduction and Research Questions
	5.2 The Newness and Potency of the Gospel-Bringer
		5.2.1 Subversive Eschatological Newness
		5.2.2 Eschatological and Heavenly Derived Potency
	5.3 Galilean ‘Gospel’ Victory
		5.3.1 Conflict in Calling: Family and/or Discipleship?
		5.3.2 Controversies with Jewish Authorities
		5.3.3 Subversion of Demons and Death
		5.3.4 Subversion of Gentile Borderland
		5.3.5 Subversion of Roman Powers?
	5.4 The Temple ‘Before the Temple’ in Galilee
		5.4.1 The Elusiveness of the Temple ‘Before the Temple’
		5.4.2 Jesus in Galilee and the Temple in Jerusalem
		5.4.3 Forgiveness and the Temple
		5.4.4 Holiness and the Temple
		5.4.5 Purity and the Temple
		5.4.6 The Mountain and the Temple
		5.4.7 The Λύτρον of the Son of Man and the Temple
	5.5 Partial Conclusion
Chapter 6: King, Cross, and Temple in Jerusalem
	6.1 Introduction and Research Questions
		6.1.1 A King’s Death
		6.1.2 To Which End?
		6.1.3 Research Questions
	6.2 Jerusalem and the King’s Victory
		6.2.1 Introduction: Is Jesus Crowned as King in Mark’s Passion Story?
		6.2.2 The Arrival of an Appropriated King
		6.2.3 The Εὐαγγέλιον of a King’s Death Recognized and Prophesized
		6.2.4 The Cross of Coronation
		6.2.5 Resurrection and the Triumph of the Empty Grave
		6.2.6 Resurrection and the Triumph of the Εὐαγγέλιον
	6.3 The Temple and Jesus’s Death and Resurrection
		6.3.1 Introduction: What is the ‘Key Question’?
		6.3.2 The Role of the Temple in Mark 11–16
		6.3.3 Covenant Inaugurated (Mark 14:24)
		6.3.4 Proximity Enabled (Mark 15:38)
		6.3.5 Through Atonement and Temple Renewal
	6.4 Partial Conclusion
Chapter 7: Conclusions
	7.1 From Where We Came
	7.2 To Where We Have Come: Investigation Contributions
		7.2.1 ‘Gospel’ Means ‘Epoch-Making’
		7.2.2 Mark Means ‘Gospel’
		7.2.3 ‘Epoch-Making’ Proximity through Victory and Cult
		7.2.4 By Bringing Renewed Covenantal Proximity to the Divine
		7.2.5 Mark’s Εὐαγγέλιον as a Composite Solution to Complex Problems
	7.3 So: Mark’s Εὐαγγέλιον in a Box
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects