The Haunting of Jesus: Reading Mark through the Gothic Mode

Spirits and the associated messianic secret play a central role in the Gospel of Mark. In this article I present a Gothic reading of the gospel. In the beginning of Mark, Jesus is driven by a spirit into the wilderness. In this Gothic, liminal space—filled with beasts, demons, and angels—he battles...

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Main Author: Tom de Bruin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Sheffield 2021-01-01
Series:Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
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Online Access:https://hcommons.org/deposits/view/hc:42750/CONTENT/4-the-haunting-of-jesus-reading-mark-through-the-gothic-mode-tom-de-bruin-63-86.pdf/