ID: 901001657 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001657	Record Type: Literature

	Gospel of Saint Mark (Bible, sacred text)

Note: Second book of the New Testament, one of the four canonical gospels and the three synoptic gospels. Traditional authori is St. Mark. Topics include the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to his death and burial and the discovery of the empty tomb. Scholars believe it is the earliest gospel, written by an anonymous author using various miracle stories, controversy stories, parables, and a passion narrative.

Names:

	Gospel of Saint Mark (Bible, sacred text) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Gospel of St. Mark (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel of Mark (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel according to Mark (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	τὸ κατὰ Μᾶρκον εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text) (Greek-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian) (I)
		................Bible, New Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts) (P)
		....................Gospels (Bible, sacred text) (I)
		........................Gospel of Saint Mark (Bible, sacred text) (I)

Related Iconography:

	author is .... Mark, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Mark, Saint (Christian character)) [901000495]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... gospel
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... religious text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christian
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Gospel of Saint Mark (Bible, sacred text)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Gospel of St. Mark (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Gospel of Mark (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Gospel according to Mark (Bible, sacred text)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	τὸ κατὰ Μᾶρκον εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text)
	................Metzger, Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2006)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)