God's Kingdom and God's Son: The Background to Mark's Christology from Concepts of Kingship in the Psalms (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums)

457 Pages·2002·32.48 MB·English

by  Robert D. Rowe

God’s Kingdom
and God’s Son
THE BACKGROUND TO MARK’S CHRISTOLOGY
FROM CONCEPTS OF KINGSHIP IN THE PSALMS
ROBERT D. ROWE
GOD'S KINGDOM AND GOD'S SON
ARBEITEN ZUR GESCHICHTE
DES ANTIKEN JUDENTUMS
UND DES
URCHRISTENTUMS
herausgegeben von
Martin Hengel (Tübingen), Peter Schäfer (Berlin),
Pieter W. van der Horst (Utrecht), Martin Goodman (Oxford),
Daniel R. Schwartz (Jerusalem), Cilliers Breytenbach (Berlin)
L
GOD'S KINGDOM
AND
GOD'S SON
The Background to Mark's Christology from Concepts
of Kingship in the Psalms
BY
ROBERT D. ROWE
' '68 ל'
BRILE
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN
2002
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rowe, Robert D.
God's kingdom and God's son : the background in Mark's christology
from concepts of kingship in the Psalms / Robert D. Rowe
p. cm. — (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und
des Urchristentums,
ISSN 0169-734X ; 50)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
ISBN 9004118888 (alk. paper)
1. Bible. N.T. Mark—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible. O.T.
Psalms—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. God—Kingship. I. Title.
II. Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des
Urchristentums ; Bd. 50.
BS2585.2 .R69 2002
226.3Ό6—dc21 00-048576
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Rowe, Robert D.:
God's kingdom and God's son. the background in Mark's christology
from concepts of kingship in the Psalms Leiden ; Boston ;
Köln : Brill, 2002
(Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des
Urchristentums ; 50)
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ISSN 0169-734X
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Grateful to God for 3 Generations
This Book is Dedicated
to the. Memory of
WILFRID DYSON ROWE
(1909-1992)
and
MARY ROWE
(1911-1997)
Who first taught me
to love and serve God as King
in the fellowship of His Son
And is for
VALERIE
Precious jewel of a wife
Andfor
JEREMY
God's gift of a son

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Note on Translation and References xvii
Introduction 1
PART ONE
THE KINGSHIP OF GOD AND DAVIDIC (OR MESSIANIC)
KINGSHIP IN THE PSALMS AND ISAIAH 40-66
I. Concepts of Kingship in the Psalms 13
1. Introduction 13
2. The Kingship of Yahweh in the Psalms 14
3. Davidic Kingship in the Psalms 31
4. Summary of the Relationship between the Kingship
of Yahweh and Davidic Kingship 59
II. Another View of Kingship - from the Later Chapters
of Isaiah 63
1. Introduction 63
2. The Kingship of Yahweh 65
3. Messianic Kingship 70
4. Summary of the Relationship between the Kingship
of Yahweh and Messianic Kingship 82
PART TWO
THE KINGSHIP (OR KINGDOM) OF GOD IN EARLY
JUDAISM AND MARK'S GOSPEL
III. The Kingdom of God in Early Judaism 87
1. Addressing God as 'King' - in the Apocrypha 87
2. God's sovereignty vindicated 2 Maccabees and Daniel 90
Vil! CONTENTS
3. 1 Enoch, Assumption of Moses and other
apocalyptic works 93
4. The Qumran documents 97
5. Hellenistic Jewish literature 103
6. Psalms of Solomon - a Palestinian perspective 106
7. Synagogue prayers, Rabbinic literature and
the Targums 109
8. Summary 113
IV. The Kingdom of God in Mark 115
1. The Initial Proclamation of the Kingdom of God 115
2. The Kingdom of God in relation to Jesus 123
a. The Parables of the Kingdom 123
b. The Future Kingdom and the Transfiguration 133
c. Teaching on Discipleship and Entry into the
Kingdom 145
3. Summary 158
PART THREE
MESSIAH(S) AND MESSIANIC KINGSHIP IN EARLY
JUDAISM AND MARK'S GOSPEL
V. Messianic Figures in Early Judaism 165
1. Messianic Figures at Qpmran 166
2. Messianic Figures Elsewhere in Early Judaism 190
3. The Political Context and the Zealot Movement 219
VI. The Messianic Kingship of Jesus in Mark 229
1. Preliminary: the Question of Jesus' Identity in Mark 229
2. Passages in the later chapters of Isaiah 235
3. Psalm 2 - God's Son 242
4. Psalm 118 - the Rejected Stone/Cornerstone and
the One who Comes in the Lord's Name 262
5. Psalm 110 - David's Lord seated at the
Lord's Right Hand 278
6. Psalm 22 and other Lament-Psalms - Forsaken
by God 295
7. Summary 304
CONTENTS ÌX
Conclusions 307
Bibliography 315
Index of Ancient References 371
Index of Modern Authors 406
Index of Selected Topics 414
Key to Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek words and phrases 423