Rikk E. Watts serves as Dean of Theology at Alphacrucis College, Australia. He served for 20 years in various academic roles at Regent College, Canada. Rikk is a highly regarded Biblical scholar, particularly in the Gospel of Mark, Isaiah, and the NT use of the OT. He is author of Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark, as well as a founding member of On Being, an Australian Christian magazine. Rikk’s academic experience has included work as instructor at Gordon-Conwell (Boston), Wycliffe Hall (Oxford), La Trobe University (Melbourne), and the Bible College of Victoria (Melbourne). Rikk’s other diverse experience includes training as an aeronautical engineer and working for a number of years with IBM in large retail systems engineering. He has undertaken degrees in philosophy, art history, and sociology, before eventually studying theology at Boston and Cambridge Rikk and his wife Katie have two adult children, Steven and Rebecca. In addition to an obsession with sailing, he enjoys movies, good restaurants, music, reading, and going for long walks with Katie.
The Gospel of Mark (2014)
Speaker(s): Rikk Watts
Date: 2014
Length: 27hrs 17mins
Product ID: RGDL4404S
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Description
Watts leads a careful exegetical study of the gospel of Mark in order to understand the basic content of the gospel and to address some of the hermeneutical issues concerning its significance in the modern world. Watts also acquaints students with some of the critical issues relating to the scholarly study of Mark. Lectures include
- Introduction; Prologue: Mark 1:1-13
- Prologue: Mark 1:1-13 Continued
- Mark 1:14-1:45
- Mark 2:1-3:35
- Mark 4:1-41; Mark 5:1-43
- Mark 6:1-56
- Mark 7:1-8:21
- Mark 8:22-9:13
- Mark 9:2-10:12
- Mark 10:1-52
- Mark 11:1-13:31
- Mark 13:32-16:8
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