Mark Allan Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3982843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Allan Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark Allan |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity Lutheran Seminary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1373-4500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Major Review
Insights from African American Interpretation
Jesus and the Pathetic Wicked
The proposal of E. P. Sanders that Jesus promised the kingdom to sinners without requiring them to repent has been rejected by most scholars but is here revived in a modified form. Sanders’s essential proposal may be outlined as a series of ten propositions, only one of which seems completely preposterous. This last point, however, may also appear quite reasonable if we remember that many of the persons regarded as sinners in Jesus’s context woul…
Shaped by Shock
In this article we consider the impact of shock in hospital emergency departments where people seek urgent medical care and access hospital services. We define shock as an unexpected event or set of circumstances, for although emergency departments plan for uncertainty, shock moments are when protocols and procedures fail to meet operational demands. We reveal how, depending on the professional experience and personality of staff, shocks are expe…
Gary Yamaski, Perspective Criticism
Evangelical Christians and Historical-Jesus Studies
This article presents an overall response to critical essays and ensuing discussion on the part of prominent historical-Jesus scholars regarding whether and how evangelical Christians can engage in such study in a manner that will be approved by the guild at large. It critiques arguments put forward by evangelical scholars Darrell Bock and Craig Keener as historically unpersuasive but nevertheless contends that their work meets the guild's standa…
Was Jesus a Friend of Unrepentant Sinners? A Fresh Appraisal of Sanders's Controversial Proposal
The proposal of E.P. Sanders that Jesus befriended sinners and promised them the kingdom without requiring that they repent has been rejected out of hand by many scholars but has not received a systematic evaluation. This article critiques six points that Sanders believes supports his conclusion, distinguishing between points that do not hold up to scrutiny, points that merely cohere with Sanders's claim without necessitating such a conclusion, a…
Authorial Intent and Historical Reporting
John Shelby Spong's thesis that a post-canonical process of literalization caused episodes in the Gospels to be misunderstood as historical narratives when they had been intended by their authors and received by their original readers as purely metaphorical tales does not hold up to the scrutiny of either literary or historical analysis. It is also theologically unnecessary, motivated apparently by a drive to legitimate a reading of the texts tha…
The Magi as Wise Men
The tradition that identifies Matthew's magi as ‘wise men’ is considered in light of narrative criticism, social history, and Wirkungsgeschichte . An examination of literature relevant to the narrative's setting reveals that Matthew's readers are expected to regard magian learning not as wisdom but as foolishness. Matthew's narrative is prejudiced against scholarship, such that the magi's status as fools is what qualifies them as candidates for d…
The Plot and Subplots of Matthew's Gospel
Narrative criticism has called our attention to the fact that the Gospels have plots. Still, the actual work of describing the plots of our various Gospels has only just begun. This article intends to further that project with regard to the Gospel of Matthew. It will review and critique work that has been done so far and will then offer a more precise formulation than has been proposed previously
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The Plot and Subplots of Matthew's Gospel
Narrative criticism has called our attention to the fact that the Gospels have plots. Still, the actual work of describing the plots of our various Gospels has only just begun. This article intends to further that project with regard to the Gospel of Matthew. It will review and critique work that has been done so far and will then offer a more precise formulation than has been proposed previously
The Magi as Wise Men
The tradition that identifies Matthew's magi as ‘wise men’ is considered in light of narrative criticism, social history, and Wirkungsgeschichte . An examination of literature relevant to the narrative's setting reveals that Matthew's readers are expected to regard magian learning not as wisdom but as foolishness. Matthew's narrative is prejudiced against scholarship, such that the magi's status as fools is what qualifies them as candidates for d…
Authorial Intent and Historical Reporting
John Shelby Spong's thesis that a post-canonical process of literalization caused episodes in the Gospels to be misunderstood as historical narratives when they had been intended by their authors and received by their original readers as purely metaphorical tales does not hold up to the scrutiny of either literary or historical analysis. It is also theologically unnecessary, motivated apparently by a drive to legitimate a reading of the texts tha…
Was Jesus a Friend of Unrepentant Sinners? A Fresh Appraisal of Sanders's Controversial Proposal
The proposal of E.P. Sanders that Jesus befriended sinners and promised them the kingdom without requiring that they repent has been rejected out of hand by many scholars but has not received a systematic evaluation. This article critiques six points that Sanders believes supports his conclusion, distinguishing between points that do not hold up to scrutiny, points that merely cohere with Sanders's claim without necessitating such a conclusion, a…
Evangelical Christians and Historical-Jesus Studies
This article presents an overall response to critical essays and ensuing discussion on the part of prominent historical-Jesus scholars regarding whether and how evangelical Christians can engage in such study in a manner that will be approved by the guild at large. It critiques arguments put forward by evangelical scholars Darrell Bock and Craig Keener as historically unpersuasive but nevertheless contends that their work meets the guild's standa…
Shaped by Shock
In this article we consider the impact of shock in hospital emergency departments where people seek urgent medical care and access hospital services. We define shock as an unexpected event or set of circumstances, for although emergency departments plan for uncertainty, shock moments are when protocols and procedures fail to meet operational demands. We reveal how, depending on the professional experience and personality of staff, shocks are expe…
Gary Yamaski, Perspective Criticism
Jesus and the Pathetic Wicked
The proposal of E. P. Sanders that Jesus promised the kingdom to sinners without requiring them to repent has been rejected by most scholars but is here revived in a modified form. Sanders’s essential proposal may be outlined as a series of ten propositions, only one of which seems completely preposterous. This last point, however, may also appear quite reasonable if we remember that many of the persons regarded as sinners in Jesus’s context woul…
Insights from African American Interpretation
Major Review
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Biblical studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literature (4 works)