In this four series class Father Jim will present the gospel of Mark. The Marcan Passion narrative is commonly thought to be the earliest piece of the Gospel of Mark, with the estimated date of the composition between 30 to 35 AD. The later composition of the body of Mark’s gospel was composed approximately in the year 70 AD. This explains the noticeable difference in the fabric of Mark’s gospel, with the first ten chapters seeming to be short, almost truncated, and the last chapters (11-16) heavily detailed and dense. Fr. Hughes will clarify how the last six chapters contain a wealth of information and very likely were composed first while the first ten chapters were likely written in 70 AD and attached later to the older Passion Narrative already standing alone.


LLI Coordinator: Nancy Osborne