The Ethics of Mark's Gospel: In the Middle of Time

In seeking to develop a hermeneutic for doing ethics on a narrative base Via here focuses on Marks ethics and suggests ways in which they interrelate with other significant motifs in the Gospel: eschatology revelation faith and the messianic secret. Via maintains that the middle of Marks plot presents the paradoxical position of the disciple who is placed in the overlapping of the kingdom of God and the age of hardness of heart. Here is a bold attempt to integrate several agendas in interpretation--iterary criticism biblical studies constructive theological ethics--so as to draw out the implications of Marks narrative for faith and conduct in the real world. Dan O. Via is Professor Emeritus at The Divinity School Duke University. He is also author of The Parables Self-Deception and Wholeness in Paul and Matthew and What Is New Testament Theology?