Bible index

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Mark
6:1-6 A prophet is not without honour...
6:30-44 The feeding of the five thousand sheep without a shepherd
6:45-52 Jesus and the sea: arguments about divine identity
6:45-52 Explicit and implicit christologies in Mark
6:45-52 More on Michael Bird and the divine identity of Jesus in Mark
6:45-52 Richard Hays and the God who walks on the sea
6:45-52 What the walking on the water business is really all about
6:45-52 Markan christology debate
7:24-30 Why was Jesus so polite to the centurion and so rude to the Canaanite woman?
8:38 The Apocalyptic Symbolism of Mark 8:38 and (not) the Final Reign of God
9:1 Thom Stark on the coming of the Son of Man: the Bible gets it right, Jesus gets it wrong?
9:1 Did Jesus say that he would return within the lifetime of his disciples?
9:2-8 More on Michael Bird and the divine identity of Jesus in Mark
9:2-8 The transfiguration of Jesus: what exactly is revealed?
9:42 Does Jesus have anything to say about homosexuality? Simple answer, no.
10:17-18 Brant Pitre on the riddles of Jesus’ divinity
10:17 Eternal life and the story of Israel
10:35-45 Jesus and empire, state and church
10:45 Substitutionary versus anti-substitutionary theories: both lose, one more than the other
11 The apocalyptic significance of Easter Week: Jesus and the temple
11:1-10 Holes in the story: did the crowds turn against Jesus at the end?
11:12-17 Katherine Shaner on the danger of singular saviours
11:15-17 Jesus’ protest in the temple
11:15-17 Occupy London: what would Jesus have done?
11:17 The “den of robbers” and the revolt against Rome
11:23-24 Moving eschatological mountains?
12 The apocalyptic significance of Easter Week: Jesus and the temple
12:1-10 Jesus’ parable of the wicked tenants: an exercise in narrative-historical hermeneutics
12:1-12 The parables: Jesus was just being obtuse
12:1-12 Why did Jesus say he would crush some to pieces?