The baptismal episode as trinitarian narrative
Subtitle: proto-trinitarian structures in Mark's conception of God
By: Hallur Mortensen
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 535; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 535.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9783161596704; 9783161596711
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Baptism; Trinity; Biblical teaching; Quotations in the New Testament; Baptism of Jesus Christ; Bible
Description: "Hallur Mortensen examines the concept of God in Mark's Gospel, with particular emphasis on the baptismal scene of 1:9-11. This he closely relates to the beginning and end of the prologue (1:2-3 and 1:14-15) concerning the coming of the Lord, the gospel, and the kingdom of God. The allusions of the divine voice to Psalm 2 and Isaiah 42 reveal the function and identity of Jesus as the Son of God and thus also of God as the father of Jesus. The identity and descent of the Spirit at the baptism as an anointing is discussed in detail, and has a critical function in the coming of the kingdom and the defeat of Satan. These aspects are examined in the context of Jewish monotheism and what Hans W. Frei calls the "intention-action description" of identity - that 'being' is constituted by 'action' - and Mortensen thus argues that Mark's Gospel portrays a proto- and narrative trinitarian conception of God." --provided by publisher
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Durham University, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Mark's God in the History of Recent Research. Nils A. Dahl's Plea and the Earliest Responses ; Early German Contributions ; Recent Contributions ; Doctoral Theses; title: Chapter 1. Reading Mark. The Question of Genre ; Mark and the Old Testament ; The Function of Mark's Prologue; title: Chapter 2. The Theological Context of the Baptism Episode. The Gospel of Mark and the God of Israel ; God's Narrative Identity ; The Opening Citation and the Coming of the Lord ; The Gospel and the Kingdom; title: Chapter 3. The Torn Heaven. Apocalyptic ; The Open Heaven Motif ; Mark's Torn Heaven and Isaiah's Plea ; The Torn Veil and the Divine Presence; title: Chapter 4. The Divine Sonship of Jesus. The Father's Voice at the Baptism ; The Narrative Revelation of Divine Sonship ; God as Father; title: Chapter 5. The Spirit's Descent. The Spirit's Anointing of Jesus ; The Spirit and the Defeat of Satan ; The Spirit Speaks ; The Identity of the Spirit; title: Chapter 6. Towards a Trinitarian Conception of God? Is Mark's Gospel Trinitarian? ; Should the Word 'Trinity' be Used? ; Narrative Trinitarian Theology.