Jesus and myth : the gospel account's two patterns /
Barber, Peter John,
Jesus and myth : the gospel account's two patterns / Peter John Barber. - xi, 342 pages ; 26 cm
PART 1: ARE THE GOSPELS MYTHOLOGICAL? -- Introduction: The Gospels, myth, and culture -- Methodology: Narratology and social-science -- Rene Girard's reading of the Gospel account -- PART 2: THE TWO PATTERNS IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK -- Mark 1:1-15: Sameness and distinction -- Mark 1:16 - 8:26: Scandal and diffusion -- Mark 8:27 - 11:33: Snare of striving and deference -- Mark 12:1 - 14:52: Scapegoat and deliverance -- Mark 14:53 - 15:41: Satiation and dispersive display -- Mark 15:42 - 16:20: Segregation and deification -- Conclusion: The Lord Jesus' conquest of myth-culture -- Application: Imitaate Paul, as he Imitates Christ.
Is Jesus mythological? And is he a mere product of his cultural milieu? Through narratological and social-scientific analysis of the gospel account, Barber systematically demonstrates that there are two opposing patterns structuring the gospel. The first is the pattern of this world, which is the combat myth, with a typical sequence of motifs having mythological meanings. It is lived out by everyone else in the accounts except Jesus, because this pattern of the world is the pattern of myth-culture, which is the pattern of the old Adam and sin nature. The pattern of Jesus is the pattern intended for Adam to walk in, and is the unique pattern of the new Adam, Jesus Christ. Jesus's pattern inverts the sequence and subverts the significance of each and every motif and episode of the myth-culture's pattern. Barber shows that Jesus's "failure" to conform to this world's mythological pattern establishes that he is not mythological, and not a product of his culture. As the apostle Peter states, ". . . we did not follow cleverly devised tales [myths] when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty" (2 Pet 1:16). -
9781725253940
2022276599
Jesus Christ.
Bible.--Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BT205 / .J478 2021
Jesus and myth : the gospel account's two patterns / Peter John Barber. - xi, 342 pages ; 26 cm
PART 1: ARE THE GOSPELS MYTHOLOGICAL? -- Introduction: The Gospels, myth, and culture -- Methodology: Narratology and social-science -- Rene Girard's reading of the Gospel account -- PART 2: THE TWO PATTERNS IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK -- Mark 1:1-15: Sameness and distinction -- Mark 1:16 - 8:26: Scandal and diffusion -- Mark 8:27 - 11:33: Snare of striving and deference -- Mark 12:1 - 14:52: Scapegoat and deliverance -- Mark 14:53 - 15:41: Satiation and dispersive display -- Mark 15:42 - 16:20: Segregation and deification -- Conclusion: The Lord Jesus' conquest of myth-culture -- Application: Imitaate Paul, as he Imitates Christ.
Is Jesus mythological? And is he a mere product of his cultural milieu? Through narratological and social-scientific analysis of the gospel account, Barber systematically demonstrates that there are two opposing patterns structuring the gospel. The first is the pattern of this world, which is the combat myth, with a typical sequence of motifs having mythological meanings. It is lived out by everyone else in the accounts except Jesus, because this pattern of the world is the pattern of myth-culture, which is the pattern of the old Adam and sin nature. The pattern of Jesus is the pattern intended for Adam to walk in, and is the unique pattern of the new Adam, Jesus Christ. Jesus's pattern inverts the sequence and subverts the significance of each and every motif and episode of the myth-culture's pattern. Barber shows that Jesus's "failure" to conform to this world's mythological pattern establishes that he is not mythological, and not a product of his culture. As the apostle Peter states, ". . . we did not follow cleverly devised tales [myths] when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty" (2 Pet 1:16). -
9781725253940
2022276599
Jesus Christ.
Bible.--Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BT205 / .J478 2021