There has been an incident…

There has been an incident… There has been a fight. One boy is lying on the ground bleeding. The other boy is very upset. Whose report of the incident do you take most notice of? Number them in order • The two boys incident form reports • A group of girls from a different year group standing nearby • A teacher who tried to break up the fight • Someone who saw it from a window • The things their classmates are saying about what they heard actually happened What kind of account is the most reliable?

Which of the following are primary sources, and which are secondary sources? Put them in 2 headings. Explain the difference between a primary and secondary source. Mark’s Sources • Personal experience of the events • Eyewitness accounts – what people who were there saw and heard • Oral tradition - stories that people pass down • Other writings (that are gathered together into a collection) • Divine inspiration - what someone inspired by the Holy Spirit understood about it • An earlier version of the texts Mark was not present with Jesus in his ministry, so he had to rely on those who were. Who could Mark’s primary sources? To distinguish between primary and secondary sources To describe some of Mark’s sources To evaluate Mark’s sources

Primary Sources Match the pictures to the text Write the matching headings to your information sheet. Copy out the headings and summarise the matching information into your books. Which primary sources are the most reliable? Put them in order and explain your top choice. A. Read the story of Jairus’ daughter p.1 (Mark 5:37-38). What sort of details are included that suggest this was an eyewitness account? B. Read the story of the Calming of the Storm p. 24, 25. What sort of details are included that suggest this was an eyewitness account? • Mark’s Eyewitnesses a. Peter: • Papias wrote that Mark was “Peter’s interpreter”. • Mark includes surprising details eg calming storm “cushion”, b. The 12 disciples: • Mark met the other disciples who me in his mother’s house. c. Other eyewitnesses: • those healed by Jesus, women at the foot of the cross (met in his mother’s house. The sons of Simon of Cyrene in Rome at the same time as Mark. • Mark’s Personal Experience • Did Mark see Jesus’ arrest? Ran away naked? • Mark’s Divine Inspiration • If Mark was directly inspired by God, then what he wrote is what God would have taught us about Jesus. Some Christians take this to mean that the gospel is 100% reliable and correct. • Mark’s use of Oral Tradition: • storiespeople told each other about Jesus were in circulation at the time – Mark knew them and used them. egwhat Jesus said and did at the Last Supper was often re-told and re-enacted at meetings

Summarise Mark’s primary sources **Which of the primary sources is most reliable? Which is least reliable? Eyewitnesses Other kinds of primary sources Mark’s Primary Sources

What were Mark’s primary sources? Mark’s Primary Sources

There has been an incident…