Re: The Gospel of Paul
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 11:55 am
Hey, you're welcome, JCarp, thanks for your thoughts on the subject. In volume II of Mark and Paul there is a good exposition of Volkmar's work, thoughts and theories in an article (in English) by a scholar called Anne Vig Skoven.JCarp wrote:In any case, the Markan and Pauline traditions a clearly distinct from the traditions of Matthew and Luke.
I think the author of gMark was inspired by Paul's letters (or some of them), and then another author decided to rework gMark thereby writing gMatt. Much later (110 CE perhaps?) the author of gLuke and Acts wrote his works using Paul's letters as well as gMark and gMatt. That's a fairly common view where I hail from (Copenhagen University), also no Q-source. The gospel writers were capable theologians and highly creative story-tellers. I also think that the reason Mark uses the word "gospel" the way he does is inspired by Paul's use of this word. But most interestingly imo, Mark has the same idea about conversion at baptism that Paul has, i.e. a taking part in Jesus' death and resurrection with its bodily transformation to a spiritual body. But in gMark this is shown with subtle symbolism such as changing of clothes for example Jesus on the mount or the naked young man (Mark 14,52) in conjunction with the angel at the tomb (Mark 16).In any case, the Markan and Pauline traditions a clearly distinct from the traditions of Matthew and Luke.