Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark

This study contributes to the debate over the function of Davidic sonship in the Gospel of Mark. In contrast to William Wrede''s paradigm, Max Botner argues that Mark''s position on Jesus''s ancestry cannot be assessed properly though isolated study of the name David (or the patronym son of David). Rather, the totality of Markan messiah language is relevant to the question at hand. Justification f...