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An 8 page research paper that offers a detailed discussion of Mark 4:1-9, which is the parable of the Sower. The writer argues that there are multiple ways in which scholars approach the task of theological interpretation. For the purposes of this examination of this passage, a literary approach is utilized. Literature pertaining to the theological interpretation of the text is investigated. This approach not only offers the contemporary student fresh insight into the goals of the author of Mark in terms of an ancient readership, but also offers insight into how the passage pertains to present-day Christian life. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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by such scholars as Julicher and Jeremias and those expressed by Funk and Wilder are so great that one might legitimately speculate if these scholars were addressing the same body
of scripture (Juel, 2002). Basically, one group of scholars has focused on the purposes that the gospel writer might have had in mind, while the other school of interpretation focuses
on "the power of the story to work on hearers" (Juel, 2002, p. 273). In other words, one school of scholarship feels that the principal task for the biblical scholar
is to educate the reader on what scriptural accounts probably meant to the ancient audience for which it was written, while others believe that the most important aspect of scholarship
is to reveal the meaning of scripture as it relates to present-day audiences (Juel, 2002). As this indicates, there are multiple ways in which scholars approach the task of
theological interpretation. For the purposes of this examination of Mark 4:1-9, that is, Jesus Parable of the Sower, a literary approach will be utilized. Literature pertaining to the theological interpretation
of the text will be investigated. This approach not only offers the contemporary student fresh insight into the goals of the author of Mark in terms of an ancient readership,
but also offers insight into how the passage pertains to present-day Christian life. Background on Marks Gospel, Literary Interpretation Early Christian tradition connects the Gospel of Mark with two names,
that of Mark and Peter, as Mark is believed to have recorded what Peter, Jesus Apostle, preached in his ministry (MacRory, 2007). Writing in A.D. 130, Papias indicated this belief
and early Christian documents also indicate that the Marks Gospel was known in Asia Minor and associated with the ministry of Peter at this early date (MacRory, 2007). Numerous early
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