Ethische Orientierung im Markusevangelium
Studien im Gedenken an Otto Merk (1933-2021)
Edited by Michael Labahn Edited by Martin Meiser
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(January 2027)
ISBN: 9783161621406
6.1 x 9.13 inches
Price: $263.00
The discussion of early Christian ethics has entered a new phase – yet the Gospel of Mark has largely been overlooked. This volume systematically compiles contributions on the ethical dimensions of the earliest Gospel: from narrative ethics and social norms to the political implications of discipleship.
The Gospel of Mark has long been neglected in research on early Christian ethics. This volume addresses that gap. In systematically organized essays, the contributors explore the ethical dimensions of the earliest Gospel from a range of perspectives: methodological and hermeneutical foundations clarify what “ethics” can mean in Mark. Studies in narrative ethics demonstrate how characterization, spatial concepts, and parables convey ethical orientation. Contextual contributions situate Markan ethics within ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. Thematic studies address family and sexuality, social ethics, purity, political power, and the concept of true greatness. The findings show that Mark – contrary to a widespread assumption – offers a distinctive and multifaceted contribution to ethical reflection in the New Testament. The volume is dedicated to the memory of the Erlangen New Testament scholar Otto Merk (1933-2021), whose decades of research advanced the study of ethical questions in the New Testament.
Michael Labahn und Martin Meiser: Einführung zum Band
I. Methodical and Hermeneutical Foundation
Eckart David Schmidt: Besser spät als nie. Forschungsgeschichte zur Ethik im Markusevangelium - Oda Wischmeyer: Was ist Ethik? Einführende Überlegungen zur Definition von Ethik - Ethos - Moral - Lauri Thurén: The Foundation of Mark's Morality in the Light of Modern Argumentation Analysis - M. John-Patrick O'Connor: The Accountable God: The Ethics of Belonging according to Mark - Michael Labahn: Kreuzes-Nachfolge in der Liebe zu Gott und zum Nächsten - Skizzen zur Bedeutung der Kreuzestheologie für die ethischen Impulse des Markusevangeliums
II. Narrative Ethics in the Gospel of Mark
David du Toit: Appropriate Ethics. The Plot of Mark and Ethics - Felix John: Schriftbezogene Normendiskurse im Markusevangelium - Bärbel Bosenius: Raumkonzept und Ethik im Markusevangelium - Cilliers Breytenbach: Social Norms and Behaviour of Characters in the Gospel of Mark - Susan Miller: Women, Gender, and Ethics in Mark - Petra von Gemünden: Im Spiegel der Figuren: Anthropologische und ethische Reflexe im Markusevangelium - Edwin K. Broadhead: Miracle Stories and Ethics in the Gospel of Mark - Dieter T. Roth: Parables and Their Contribution to Markan Ethics
III. The Ethics of the Gospel of Mark in Context
Rainer Hirsch-Luipold: Die narrative Ethik des Markusevangeliums vor dem Hintergrund der ethisch-religiösen Intention in Plutarchs Lebensbildern - Martin Meiser: Ethik in antiken jüdischen Erzähltexten im Vergleich mit dem Markusevangelium - Max Botner: Israel's Scriptures in Mark's Ethics: Patterns and Practices of an Apocalyptic Family - Troels Engberg-Pedersen: Mark's Philosophical Ethics
IV. Individual Topics
Heike Omerzu: "Denn wer Gottes Willen tut, der ist mein Bruder und meine Schwester und meine Mutter" (Mk 3,35). Familie, Ehe und Sexualität als explizite und implizite Themen markinischer Ethik - Klaus Scholtissek: Biblische Sozialethik: Potentiale ausschöpfen, mit Beispielen aus dem Markusevangelium - Christina Eschner: The Abolition of Social and Religious Boundaries in Healings and Communal Meals: Eschatological Exception or Ethical Principle? - Cornelis Bennema: The Moral Concept of 'Greatness' in Mark's Gospel - Lorenzo Scornaienchi: Kult und Reinheit: Ethische und metaethische Kritik im Markusevangelium - Warren Carter: The Gospel of Mark, Roman Imperial Power, and Ethics - Tobias Nicklas und Judith König: Hingabe an Christus im Markusevangelium und ihre politischen Folgen
V. Conclusions
Jan G. van der Watt: The Ethics of Mark: Some Concluding Remarks
Michael Labahn (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1964; 1998 Dr. theol.; 2009 Habilitation; Adjunct Professor at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Research Fellow at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Martin Meiser (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1957; 1992 Dr. theol.; 1996 Habilitation; 2007-23 Associate Professor in Saarbrücken; since 2023 retired.
- Edited by Michael Labahn
- Edited by Martin Meiser
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