Abstract
This article uses Victor Turner's theory of liminality- communitas to interpret the trials and passion of Jesus in Mark. Turner provides the symbolic anthropological framework for reading these narratives as a ritual of status transformation. Jesus in the passion is viewed as undergoing a rite of passage, and his relationship to sympathetic characters in this context is also examined. Mark's overall objective is to portray Jesus as a model of discipleship for his readers.
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