Mark's Gospel and Justice for the Poor

Authors

  • Margaret M. Mitchell University of Chicago

Abstract

This article, a revised version of a panel response at SBL 2022 in Denver, provides an appreciative review of Robert Ewusie Moses’ Jesus and Materialism in the Gospel of Mark, highlighting the many virtues of the book and tracing the assumptions upon which the exegetical reading of Mark’s gospel as showing Jesus’ special concern for the poor is based. The review also includes some discussion of the claims Moses makes about the chief functions of the temple in Jerusalem in relation to his exegesis of Mark 11:11-25. I close with one example of why a reading like Robert Moses’ is urgently needed in our current moment.

Author Biography

Margaret M. Mitchell, University of Chicago

Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature

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Published

2023-09-18

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 4 (2023): Jesus, Materialism, and the Women Who Teach and Preach Mark's Gospel

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