Sublime

God is the hero of the story.

Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels were written down when they were because the original eyewitnesses were starting to die out. Bauckham shows that specific people are named in the Gospels to flag them as eyewitness sources. It was a way of saying, “If you don’t believe me, ask Mary Magdalene—she saw it with her own eyes!” In the case of

For example, the story of Jesus’ suffering and death, commonly called the passion story, was probably not originally written by Mark. Rather Mark used a source for this narrative.

our God is a God of detail.