the audacity of individuality

Continued from part i
One trajectory from the time of Mark has captured much attention in the 20th century, especially since the discovery of the Nag Hammadi texts: the Gnostic Christians. The comparatively radical Gnostic Christians competed alongside what would become orthodox Christianity as well as different forms of Jewish Christianity, and was eventually forced underground […]

The Gospel attributed to Mark has, especially in recent scholarship, spurred much controversy concerning what has recently become known as the “Messianic secret.” The priority of Mark for scholars of the synoptic gospels leads to certain explanations that may enlighten readers to understanding the reasoning behind the idea of the Messianic secret, yet even with […]