AQA GCSE Religious Studies A 8062
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Theme A: Relationships and FamiliesTheme
Theme B: Religion and LifeTheme
Theme C: The Existence of God and RevelationTheme
Theme D: Religion, Peace and ConflictTheme
Theme E: Religion, Crime and PunishmentTheme
Theme F: Religion, Human Rights and Social JusticeTheme
Theme G: St Mark’s Gospel: The Life of JesusTextual studies
Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a Source of Religious, Moral and Spiritual TruthsTextual studies
Theme G: St Mark’s Gospel: The Life of Jesus
The titles of Jesus and the authority of Mark's gospel
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Students learn the titles Messiah, Son of David, Son of Man and Son of God, Mark's portrait of Jesus as teacher and miracle worker with views on the miracles' historicity, the disputed ending, and arguments about the gospel's authority.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What did the title Messiah mean to first-century Jews?
What does Christ mean?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What did the title Messiah mean to first-century Jews?
Model answer
Messiah means anointed one, and many expected a king in David's line who would free Israel from Roman rule. Jesus accepted the title but redefined it around suffering.
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What does Christ mean?
Model answer
Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word Messiah. Both mean anointed one.
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What does the title Son of David claim?
Model answer
Son of David claims descent from King David and so a right to the promised throne. Bartimaeus uses it as Jesus approaches Jerusalem.
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Where does the title Son of Man come from?
Model answer
Son of Man appears in Daniel 7, where a human figure is given authority and an everlasting kingdom. In Aramaic it can also simply mean a human being.
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How does Jesus use Son of Man in Mark?
Model answer
Son of Man is the title Jesus uses of himself most often. Mark uses it in three settings: his authority on earth, his coming suffering and death, and his future coming in glory.
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What does Son of God mean in Mark?
Model answer
Son of God expresses a unique relationship with God, declared at the baptism and the transfiguration. Christians understand it as a claim to divinity.
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