Mark Is our Earliest Jesus Story--How We Know and Why it Matters!

The so-called Priority of Mark, that is, the idea that Mark wrote first, and was then used as a source by Matthew, Luke, and even John and the Gospel of Peter, is not just an academic armchair issue. It is perhaps the most significant realization one can reach in understanding how the Jesus Story unfolded.

In this video I present a side-illustrated lecture that makes this clear for anyone willing to do a bit, into our sources. I lay this out clearly in this interview with Youtube host Jacob Berman @JacobBermanHistoryValley . I also am sharing here the link to the PDF file with the slides I used in the lecture so you can study beyond the lecture:

My course on Mark is available at the link--but why study Mark? Why does it matter? I hold the view that the Gospel of Mark is the most influential document in history...why and how unfolds in the course.

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[johnnybravo]

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[Neapoleone-Buonaparte]

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[drgeorgek]

I’m a huge and long term Bart Ehrman fan but Dr Tabor takes it to a new and different level. Just seriously impressive…. He really has spat in my eyes and made me see the obvious…

[kuettler]

Puts a whole new meaning on "missing the Mark".

[jennyhoover]

Thank you Patrick for your thoughts and insights . Today’s lesson was meant for me. I really need to “clean house” and let go of the surplus of items that have no meaning to anyone but me.

[jimaparks]

Mark’s conclusion ends too abruptly. It’s like there should be more. But not what was tacked on later. Maybe there was a continuation of the conclusion that was lost.

[ObjectiveEthics]

Tabor's interviews on the History Valley Channel are excellent.

[integrationalpolytheism]

I'm loving how you continue to add value to this course with these additional appearances with new angles.

[atifbangash]

I got to know Mark & James thru you. I really enjoyed knowing about them via your outlook.

[delfimoliveira]

Mark reads like a detective story.
Where the autor and the reader knows what happened and who did it but the characters only found in the end
The Greek is not the best of the NT and the autor seems to not know the Hebrew Bible like it would be expected in a Jew but it's an amazing piece of ancient literature

[kencreten]

I find that this person is a very good interviewer.

[georgesparks]

Wow that was intense. You take away the Virgin birth and also the resurrection. But was n't this also common in the Roman world? For instance, how Jesus turns the water into wine. Typical also of the Roman deity .I wonder how much of the gospels and the Epistles are structured from Hellenistic and Roman culture.
I really enjoyed this. Thank you very much.

[geraldmeehan]

Saw you on HV, , awesome show awesome channel

[geraldmeehan]

I wish I could afford course but too many children/grandchildren to support. I watched video on HV. I studied western religion at Indiana U. I understand one of your proteges is teaching there now.

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[LevaISanningen]

Jesus is "the scapegoat".
A person who lowers himself to make us look like higher standing creatures, worthy of life.