Kurioser and kurioser

Above is a Wordle of Mark’s Gospel- an image in which the prominence of the words is related to the frequency with which they appear within the text. This tells us at a glance that Mark’s Gospel contains quite a lot about Jesus, God, and the disciples.

Below, starting at the end of the Gospel and working backwards, are links to all the “Kurioser and kurioser” posts on Mark’s Gospel to date. The list starts at the end and works backwards because I can’t figure out how to make it start at the beginning and work forwards.

• Mark 16:8. The end.
• Mark 15:40-16:7. He is risen.
• Mark 15:34-39. The secret is out.
• Mark 15:21-33. And they crucified him.
• Mark 15:1-20. He opened not his mouth.
• Mark 14:66-72. The wobbly rock.
• Mark 14:42-65. Like a lamb to the slaughter.
• Mark 14:27-42. The sword and the cup.
• Mark 14:12-26. An unfinished meal.
• Mark 14:1-11. Preparation for burial.
• Mark 13:26-37. Doorkeepers in the master’s house.
• Mark 13:14-25. No, Peter really wasn’t drunk.
• Mark 13:3-13. Birth pangs aren’t death rattles.
• Mark 12:35-13:2. Hungry for houses.
• Mark 12:28-34. The greatest commandment(s).
• Mark 12:18-27. One bride for seven brothers?
• Mark 12:13-17. Should we pay taxes?
• Mark 11:26-12:12. The question is, who is to be master?
• Mark 11:20-25. Whatever? Really?
• Mark 11:11-21. The fig tree had it coming.
• Mark 11:1-10. They think it’s all over.
• Mark 10: 46-52. The assault on Jerusalem.
• Mark 10: 32-45. A cup and a baptism.
• Mark 10:13-31. On the inadvisability of carrying a two-ton safe in your back pocket.
• Mark 10:1-12. No man is an island.
• Mark 9: 30-42. Who is the greatest?
• Mark 9:14-29. Invisible golden calves.
• Mark 9:9-13. Coming down in more ways than one.
• Mark 9:1-8. The mountain at the middle of the book.
• Mark 8:22-38. A healing of two halves.
• Mark 8:1-21. All the world inherits the promise.
• Mark 7:24-37. Deforestation.
• Mark 7:1-23. The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.
• Mark 6:45-56. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
• Mark 6:30-44. An army of sheep.
• Mark 6:12-30. But she got eaten by dogs in the end.
• Mark 6:6b-13; 30-32. Two by two.
• Mark 5:21-6:6. Faith works. And not by magic.
• Mark 5:1-20. “My name is legion, for we are many”.
• Mark 4:35-41. Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.
• Mark 4:21-34. Schroedinger’s kingdom.
• Mark 4:1-20. When you don’t hit paydirt.
• Mark 3:20-35: There are only two kinds of people in the world. But there are at least three opinions about Jesus.
• Mark 3:13-19. The Twelve go up the mountain.
• Mark 3:7-12. The story so far…
• Mark 2:23-3:6. Still in the snapshots: Jesus and the Sabbath.
• Mark 2:12-22. Another few snapshots of Jesus: Sinners and fasting.
• Mark 1:35-2:12. More snapshots of Jesus.
• Mark 1:14-39- Snapshots of Jesus.
• Mark 1:10-15. Baptism, and wilderness days.
• Mark 1:1-10. Mark’s Gospel.