James M. Neumann proposes that there is far more at work in Mark's portrayal of Jesus as Son of God, and what it means for Mark to depict him as such, than past scholarship has recognized. He argues that Mark presents Jesus's life from beginning to end as the actualization of Psalm 2: a coronation hymn describing the Davidic king as God's "son," which was interpreted messianically in early Judaism and christologically in early Christianity. Rather than a simple title, the designation of Jesus as God's "Son" in Mark contains and encapsulates an entire story of its own. Beginning with an analysis of why this most important identity of Jesus in the Gospel has been under-studied, Neumann retraces the interpretive traditions surrounding Psalm 2 in early Judaism and Christianity alike. Pointing to Mark's first introduction of Jesus as God's Son into the narrative via an allusion to Ps 2:7 and portraying his baptism as a royal anointing, he demonstrates how Jesus begins to realize the implications of his anointment through his disestablishment of Satan's kingdom. Focusing on the repetition of the allusion to Ps 2:7 at Jesus's transfiguration and exploring how the Parable of the Vineyard uniquely encapsulates the Gospel as a whole, Neumann traces the use of the psalm throughout the Markan passion narrative, contending that, in Mark's vision, the hope envisaged by the psalm has been realized: the Son begins to inherit (the worship of) the nations. He concludes that Mark paradoxically portrays the accomplishment of the Messiah's victory through Jesus's crucifixion.

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James N. Neumann

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Academic

Cassell

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

The Library of New Testament Studies

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Cover
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Justification for this Study
1.2 Methodology and Presuppositions
1.3 Clarifications
1.4 The Argument
2 The Son of God and the Story of Psalm 2
2.1 The Story within Psalm 2
2.2 Psalm 2 in Early Judaism
2.3 Psalm 2 in the New Testament and Early Christianity
2.4 Summary: The Story of Psalm 2
3 The Beginning of the Gospel
3.1 Mark’s Incipit: The Son of God in the Beginning
3.2 Preparing the Way (Mark 1:4-8)
3.3 Introducing God’s Son (Mark 1:9-11)
3.4 Excursus: Mark 1:11 in Twentieth-Century Interpretation
3.5 A Storied Metalepsis: Psalm 2 in Mark’s Prologue
3.6 Looking Ahead: Mark 1:11 and the Rest of the Story
4 The Son of God in Conflict
4.1 An Unlikely Chorus: God’s Word and the Demons’ Words about Jesus
4.2 Plundering Satan’s Kingdom: Jesus’s Exorcisms in the Gospel of Mark
4.3 Mark 1:21-28: “I Know Who You Are”
4.4 Mark 3:6-11: “You Are the Son of God”
4.5 Mark 5:1-20: “You are the Son of the Most-High God”
4.6 Summary and Conclusions
5 The Son on the Mountain
5.1 Climbing the Mountain with Mark: Mark 9:7 in Narrative Perspective
5.2 The Mountain Remembered: Echoes of Sinai in Mark 9:2-8
5.3 Apocalyptic Topography and Radiant Garments: The Reinterpretation of Sinai in Mark 9:2-8
5.4 Jesus in the Throne Room
5.5 Jesus’s Transfiguration and Daniel’s Vision (7:9-14)
5.6 Conclusions: Psalm 2 and the Son’s Enthronement in Mark 9:2-8
6 The Son in the Parable
6.1 The Parable at a Glance: An Allegory Rooted in Israel’s Scriptures
6.2 The “Beloved Son” and Psalm 2
6.3 A Story within a Story: Mark’s Parable as Mise en Abyme
6.4 Summary: The Death of God’s Son Foreshadowed
7 Part 1: Th e Son of God on the Cross
7.1 Are You the Messiah Son of God? (Mark 14:61-62)
7.2 Are You the King of the Jews? (Mark 15:1-15)
7.3 Irony and Parodic Enthronement in Mark 15:16-32
7.4 Part 1 Summary
Part 2: The Centurion’s Confession (Mark 15:39)
7.5 The Problem(s) of a Centurion’s Confession
7.6 The Son of God in the Roman World
7.7 Excursus: A History of Irony
7.8 The Centurion’s Confession and the Fulfillment of Psalm 2
7.9 Conclusions
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modern Authors

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