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Mark 13:24-37
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative texts about
New Covenant Eschatology and
Apocalyptic Speculation
from Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Targum, proto-Kabbala, Mishnah, Babylonian Talmud,
and Midrash. At Rutgers University, Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus. |
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"The Unknown Time,"
"Within This Generation," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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Similitude IX.7,
Shepherd of
Hermas. (c.145) |
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XLII.21, 32-37; Tatian's
Diatessaron (c. 150-160). |
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II.XXVIII.6,
V.X.1,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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V.XXII,
Against Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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Latin text
of Augustine's
Sermon 97 (Mk 13:32). |
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English text
of
Sermon 97, Augustine. |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
 | "The latter day is not
to be searched for curiously, which day the Father alone knows: but let
us rather take heed that it does not come upon us unaware." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "As to the destruction
of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly. As to the end of the
world, do not inquire when it will come, for of that day and that hour
knoweth no man." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Being about to leave
this world and go to the Father, he appoints the services that are to be
performed by all his servants, in their several stations. This seems
chiefly to respect ministers at the day of judgment: but it may be
applied to all men, and to the time of death. Mt 25:14; Lu
19:12." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "This very remarkable
statement regarding "the Son" is peculiar to Mark. Whether it
means that the Son was not at that time in possession of the
knowledge referred to, or simply that it was not among the things
which He had received to communicate--has been matter of much
controversy even among the firmest believers in the proper Divinity of
Christ. In the latter sense it was taken by some of the most eminent of
the ancient Fathers, and by LUTHER, MELANCTHON,
and most of the older Lutherans; and it is so taken by BENGEL,
LANGE, WEBSTER and WILKINSON,
CHRYSOSTOM and others understood it to mean that as
man our Lord was ignorant of this. It is taken literally by CALVIN,
GROTIUS, DE WETTE,
MEYER, FRITZSCHE, STIER,
ALFORD, and ALEXANDER." |
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| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Observe in this
chapter the emphasis given to Christ's exhortation, "Watch!"
Matthew tells us how the Lord sought to impress these lessons of
watchfulness and faithfulness still more deeply by the parables of the
"Ten Virgins" (Matt.
25:1-13), and the "Talents" (Matt.
25:14-30), and closed all with a picture of the awful day when the
Son of man should separate all nations from one another, as the shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats (Matt.
25:31-46)." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark, Chapter 13, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
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"Jesus
Predicts the Fall of Temple and the Coming Tribulation,"
"Parable of the Watcher," Michael A. Turton's
Historical Commentary
on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete
verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity
of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark." |
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"Keep Awake," Rev. Todd Weir, bloomingcactus.
| "I believe with the witness of
scripture that some day Christ will come again and all things will be
reconciled to God. But until that time, my prayer is to be mindful, to
stay awake in the present moment to the presence of God." |
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Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Advent 1B. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
| "The
truly frightening stuff described in Mark 13 is, for Mark's readers, not
a prediction to frighten future generations, but words of comfort for a
generation that used this vivid language, the language of nightmares
mixed with literal retellings of the kinds of betrayal and threats
facing community members, to describe what they'd already seen brothers
and sisters in Christ going through." |
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"First
Thoughts on Passages from Mark in the Lectionary: Advent 1," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Watchful living has
less to do with speculation about the end of the world – and we shall
have plenty of that as the millennium ends! – and more to do with
carrying out our trust, as Mark illustrates it, in a way that finally
makes the date of the end a matter of irrelevance. Readiness has as much
to do with being ready for life as it has to do with its end." |
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Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "More specifically, Ched Myers (Binding the
Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus) agrees
with most commentators that Mark was written during the Jewish
revolt against Rome, but, in addition, that Mark is encouraging his
community not to participate in the rebel's revolt." |
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"Watch!"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Apocalypse Now," Kathleen Norris, The Christian Century,
2005.
| "The
word apocalypse simply means to reveal, to uncover, and if
facing reality brings us despair, we need to ask why." |
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"Time's Up," Mary W. Anderson, The Christian Century, 2003.
| "Jesus calls us to do both: to live with the
intensity of last days while living our regular lives." |
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"Hope in the Shadows,"
David Busic and Jeren Rowell, Preacher's Magazine: Listening to the
Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
| "The goal is, through the careful use of reflective
questions, to lead our hearers to a nod of understanding, and hopefully
even agreement, about the message of hope Jesus proclaims in Mark’s 13th
chapter. Then what may have been a dead text to be avoided in the minds
of both preacher and listener may live again with the power and
significance Mark intended." |
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"Eschatological Discourse,"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
| "Rather than spending time and energy trying to put
the pieces of the puzzle together about the End, we are to be alert,
ready, on edge, always prepared for Christ to come unexpectedly like a
thief in the night. That is the focus of Jesus’ teachings about the
End." |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Ordinary 33B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2005. |
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia.
| "Lest God's cause suffer by our imagery, maybe it's
time to change emphasis. Do I ever see a King in daily life? No, but I
know there's a Rule going on, or wanting to, in here in my heart & out
there in our margins!" |
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"No
One Knows!"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "To the Jews of Christ’s time the Temple
represented permanence; it was immovable and unconquerable. They
were not unlike us, putting pride and confidence in buildings and
structures—even institutions—that we think will stand for all time." |
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"The End of the World!...Again?" Ordinary 33B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from
Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
| "...we tend to complicate our lives and our prayer by
looking for the extraordinary, when the Lord is to be found most often in
the simple and in the ordinary." |
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"When, Lord? When?"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "What anxieties do people have about the so-called 'end
times?'" |
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"In Praise of Ignorance," commentary by Ronald Goetz,
The Christian
Century, 1982. At Religion Online.
| "True human wisdom, as God’s tiny son
demonstrates to us, is not in how much we know; it is in knowing on whom
to depend." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Mark 13:
Olivet Discourse,"
"Olivet Discourse -
The Coming Apocalypse," wikipedia. |
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"Exegetical Eschatology, the Peasant Present and the Final Discourse Genre:
The Case of Mark 13," Bruce J. Malina, Biblical Theology Bulletin,
2002.
| "The nineteenth-century
German theological terms 'apocalyptic' and 'eschatology' are misplaced and
misleading when applied to New Testament documents in general and to the
Synoptic final discourse in particular." |
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"Rhetorical Ritual: Apocalyptic Discourse in Mark 13," Vernon K.
Robbins, Vision and Persuasion: Rhetorical Dimensions of Apocalyptic
Discourse, ed. G Carey and L G Bloomquist, 1999. |
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"Jesus,
Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," David B. Batstone. Theology
Today, 1993.
| "It is often overlooked how
ideologically explosive the notion of the kingdom of God was within
Jesus' own social milieu. In first-century Palestine, it did not
have the same metaphorical and strictly religious connotation that
makes the term so safe within our own theological world. In fact, it
evoked the memory and visionary impulse of Yahweh who acts to
deliver Yahweh's 'chosen ones' from occupation and oppression at the
hands of alien nations. Intrinsic to that symbolic universe is the
conviction that the chosen suffer and the unjust prosper in the
present day only because history stands at the brink of a great
reversal." |
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What
Shall We Believe, Aurelia T. Fule. Full
text of book about New Testament apocalyptic references, online at
Religion Online. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adams, Edward,
"The Coming Son of Man in Mark's Gospel," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
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| Anderson, Mary W.,
"Time's Up," The Christian Century, 2003.
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| Batstone, David
B., "Jesus, Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," Theology Today,
1993.
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| Beasley-Murray,
G.R.,
"The Eschatological Discourse of Jesus," Review and Expositor,
1960.
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| Deppe, Dean B.,
"Charting the Future or Perspective on the Present?" Calvin
Theological Journal, 2006.
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| Elliott, J.K.,
"The Position of the Verb in Mark with Special Reference to Chapter 13,"
Novum Testamentum, 1996.
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| Goetz, Ronald, "In
Praise of Ignorance," The Christian Century, 1982.
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| González, Catherine Gunsalus,
"Advent and Eschatology," Journal for Preachers, 2005.
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| Heil, John Paul, "The Narrative
Strategy and Pragmatics of the Temple Theme in Mark," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1997. (Section on this text begins on p 89.)
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| Johnson, Stephen C., "The 'Future' of Preaching:
Apocalyptic Eschatology and Christian Proclamation," Restoration
Quarterly, 2007.
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| Long, Thomas G.,
"Imagine There's No Heaven: The Loss of Eschatology in American
Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
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| Lovette, Roger,
"On Not Missing the Circus," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
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| Madigan, Kevin, "Christus
Nesciens? Was Christ Ignorant of the Day of Judgment? Arian and Orthodox
Interpretation of Mark 13:32 in the Ancient Latin West," Harvard
Theological Review, 2003.
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| Martin, Troy W.,
"Watch during the Watches (Mark 13:35)," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2001.
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| McMickle, Marvin
A.,
"Reflections on Advent," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
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| McNicol, Allan J.,
"The Lesson of the Fig Tree in Mark 13:28-32: A Comparison between Two
Exegetical Methodologies," Restoration Quarterly, 1984.
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| Meyers, Robin R.,
"In Praise of the First Coming," The Christian Century, 2000.
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| Norris, Kathleen,
"Apocalypse Now," The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Pippin, Tina,
"A Good Apocalypse is Hard to Find: Crossing the Apocalyptic Borders of
Mark 13," Semeia, 1995.
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| Stendahl, John, "Advent Alchemy,"
The Christian Century, 2002.
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| Towner, W. Sibley,
"An Exposition of Mark 13:24-32," Interpretation, 1976.
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| Trotti, John
Boone,
"Mark 13:32-37," Interpretation, 1978.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Eschatological Itching,"
Advent 1 - 27 November 2005, David Zersen, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Hope in the
Shadows," Darrik Acre, Preacher's Magazine, 2005. |
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"This Time
of Mortal Life," the Rev. Dr. Edward S. Gleason, Day 1, 2005. |
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"Wake Up!
Don't Fall Asleep!"
"The End of the World,"
"Suddenly,"
Sermons from Seattle,
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"Waiting,"
John Jewell,
1999. |
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"Where Is God?"
Dean William
Willimon, Duke Chapel Sermon Archive, 1996. |
| Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist,"
Commentary and Homily
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| With Children:
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| Drama:
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"A
New Heaven and Earth," from A Certain Jesus by
Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical
dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications. |
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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| Liturgy and Worship:
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| Hymns and Music:
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Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions,
Together to Celebrate,
David MacGregor. |
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Hymns with Scripture
Allusions: Mark 13:26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. The Cyber Hymnal. |
| At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke
files, projection text):
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index: |
| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance: |
| Study Links and Resources for the
Book of Mark |
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