Here I present some essays on three topics which I have been able to study in some depth
- The Gospel of Mark
- The Letters of Paul in the New Testament
- The spiritual diary of Dag Hammarskjold
The Gospel of Mark
- Introduction to the Gospel of Mark
- Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark: Short Version
- An Interpretation of The Gospel of Mark: Longer Version.
- THE GOSPEL OF MARK: Text and Commentary
- The Authority of the Excluded: the purpose and meaning of the Gospel of Mark.
- More Thoughts On the Quest for the Historical Jesus.
Paul
- Introduction to Paul
- Salvation by Spirit Possession in Paul’s Letter to the Romans (1): Brief summary of a Theory
- Salvation by Spirit-Possession in Paul’s Letter to the Romans (2): Detailed Textual Argument
- Spirit-Possession at Corinth: Comments on Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
- Paul’s Supernatural Narrative and its Relation to Personal Transformation
- Life as a warrior: Reflections on a non-Christian Example of “Conversion”
- The Historical Mindset of Paul’s Audience: Why Were They So Emotionally Moved and Transformed by His Specific Preaching?
- Paul’s Expectation of a Soon-to-Come End of the World
- The Cluster of Virtues Central to Pauline Spirituality
- Critical Socratic Reasoning about a Passion for Rightness
- Citizens of the Kingdom of God: Excerpts from Jacques Ellul
- Appendix: Four Different Later Christian Theories of How “Jesus’s Death Saves”
Dag Hammarskjold
