BEN: You have suggested that Mark’s biography seems most like the biographies of ancient philosophers and teachers. And yet oddly, Mark includes little teaching material of Jesus, except in Mk. 4 and 13? When one compares this to Matthew’s Gospel, it hardly seems a major emphasis in this Gospel. What is about the biographies of ancient philosophers that suggests you are right about such a comparison? HELEN: It’s certainly true that Matthew has more teaching than Mark, but I think... Read more