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The concept of faith in the Gospel of Mark

This research has the objective to explore the concept of faith in the Gospel of Mark.
An exegetical investigation of the faith terminology (pist-word group) in the Gospel
is required for that. An analysis of the model passages with occurrences of the motword
group shows the variety of possible connotations of the term. The most
paradigmatic of them are in the sense of trust in God [which means to be open
towards the highest reality]. Comparison of the results of the analysis with the
concept of faith in the Old Testament, Classical Greek, and Hellenistic Greek is
helpful to understand the etymology of the Markan use of the pist-word group and to
make clear the conceptual meaning of faith in the Gospel which is closer to the Old
Testament idea of an active commitment to God expressed in a continuous existence
in the presence of Him. / New Testament / M. Th. (New Testament)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/959
Date11 1900
CreatorsIonov, Sergey
ContributorsPenner, Peter, Gräbe, Petrus J., 1958-
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format1 online resource (v, 68 leaves)

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