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'Many know Marcus Borg as a brilliant scholar, which he is. But he has a pastoral side as well. I've stood with Marcus after his lectures and watched as person after person comes up to say, 'I lost my faith, but your books have helped me get it back,' or 'I wouldn't be in the church today if I hadn't come across your books,' or 'Your work has helped me stay a Christian.' In this highly readable book on Mark, you'll experience that pastoral side as he brings his scholarship to the aid of Christians and seekers alike. If you want to get to the heart of Jesus' message and the way of life into which that message invites us, you'll find help here.' Brian McLaren, author/activist.
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Marcus J. Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon., having been Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University until his retirement in 2007. He is the author of eighteen books, including Jesus - Uncovering the life, teachings and relevance of a religious revolutionary (SPCK 2010), and three written with John Dominic Crossan: The Last Week (2006), The First Christmas (2007), and The First Paul (2009), all published by SPCK.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book follows "Meeting Jesus AGAIN for the First Time" (1995), better read first, both brilliant books. In "Meeting Jesus in Mark" Borg writes, "Jesus had a vision and heard a voice ... from heaven ... Visions are a kind of religious experience" (p.24). Mainstream scholars like Borg say the Bible is a human and not a divine product. The Bible's language is not to be interpreted as factual but as metaphorical, and that their laws and ethical teaching were those of the religious culture at their time of writing. These scholars recognize that in the Christian Church there was a developing tradition over the 40 years between Jesus' life on earth and when Mark wrote his Gospel, as they could reflect on who Jesus was, and what he said. Borg finds that Jesus reveals, discloses and embodies what can be seen of God in human life - not as a book, but as a person, and all he said and did. Parables and metaphors are not literal stories, but pictorial stories. with a surplus of meaning. For example, scholars do not think that Jesus stilled the storm, or walked on water in the Sea of Galilee. Jesus's use of language to rebuke and silence the sea is the same language used in Mk.1:25, as Jesus rebuked and silenced a demon and silences the sea (Mk.4:39), just as God's spirit did over the sea in Gen. 1:2,11 (pp.43-5). Borg's 5 chapters focus on: 1. Overture and Beginning (Mk.1-3); 2. Parables and Miracles (Mk.4-5); 3. Rejection, Miracles and Conflict (Mk.6:1-8:22); 4. From Galilee to Jerusalem (Mk. 8:22-10:52); 5. Jerusalem, Execution and Resurrection (Mk.11-16). Most important is the 'Study Questions' pp. 109-133, which make it clear that "the purpose of this guide is to present questions on the major themes of the book in order to enhance your study of the Gospel of Mark" (p.109). I find this one of the finest programmes for Christian Groups meeting weekly, fortnightly or monthly: as Borg has written, "When our own story connects with 'The Story' of scripture, our lives are transformed."
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have now read most of Marcus Borgs books and I am afraid this one is not one of the better ones. It is lightweight and includes large amounts of pasted in New Revised Standard Version text. His other books on Jesus are far and away better and include pretty much all of this material. I would absolutely recommend "Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary" and give that 5/5. Buy that instead. Twice as much material for around the same price too!
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This is a very important book!
17 Aug 2011
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I will write much more later, but need to open the page. This is a very important book about a very important person who needs to be re-seen, re-met, re-viewed to bring his true message more strongly into the world, and into our lives. This is wonderful, so well written book!!! Thank you so much, Marcus!
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