The Transformational Role of Discipleship in Mark 10:13-16: Passage Towards Childhood

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Dr. Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte (St. Mary’s College of California, USA) Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)

The Transformational Role of Discipleship in Mark 10

13-16: Passage Towards Childhood

Dr. Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte (St. Mary’s College of California, USA), Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
29 June 2023

Christianity; Christian life & practice; Sacred texts

Series: The Library of New Testament Studies

Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte addresses a gap in scholarship by answering the question: “how is a child supposed to be the model recipient of the kingdom of God?” While most scholarship on Mark 10:13-16 agrees that children are metaphorically employed because of their qualities of dependence, Timpte argues that it is more specifically an image of the disciple’s radical transformation, which both mirrors and reverses the traditional rites of passage by which a child became an adult.

Timpte suggests that Jesus, by insisting that one must enter the Kingdom of God as a child, invokes two interlacing images. First, to enter the Kingdom of God, one must be fundamentally transformed and changed. Second, this transformation reverses the rite by which a child would have become an adult, removing the adult’s superior status. Beginning with a summary of the scholarship surrounding children in the Bible, Timpte explores the perception of children in the ancient world, their rites of passage and entrance into adulthood, and contrasting this with the processing of entering the kingdom of God, while also highlighting childish characters in Mark. Timpte concludes that to enter into the kingdom as a child means that one must strip off those things one gained by leaving childhood behind: wealth, respect, family, much like Jesus, who throughout Mark’s Gospel moves from powerful to powerless, respected to despised, and accepted by all to rejected even (seemingly) by God. Jesus models transformation to childhood in an emphasis on what the Kingdom of God is like.

By: Dr. Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte (St. Mary’s College of California USA)
Edited by: Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 650
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780567699749
ISBN 10: 0567699749
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 29 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte teaches at St. Mary’s College of California, USA.

Reviews for The Transformational Role of Discipleship in Mark 10:13-16: Passage Towards Childhood

A well-researched and engaging monograph … Timpte adds much to emerging conversations around children in the ancient world and biblical texts … Overall I celebrate this monograph’s contribution as a worthwhile and lasting addition to the field. * Review of Biblical Literature *