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In this short from Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman, Bart explains the concept of the "Messianic secret" in the Gospel of Mark. Join Bart as he explores the origins of this term coined by William Vareda in 1901 and his groundbreaking book, "The Messianic Secret and Mark." Discover how Vareda's work shed light on the hidden nature of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark, and how this revelation transformed our understanding of the text from a simple retelling of facts to a masterpiece of literary construction.

-What is Henotheism, and how may it have helped to ease some pagans into Christian monotheism?

-In pagan religions, if you decided to worship another god then there wasn’t a requirement to stop worshiping one that you had been worshiping previously. Christianity was obviously different in that respect; how important was the exclusivity clause in the growth of Christianity? For each convert there was one more Christian and one less pagan!

-Wouldn’t this exclusivity have seemed strange to pagans? Did it act as a deterrent at all for potential converts?

-What were the mechanics of the spread of Christianity - do we see a lot of full-time missionaries going out from churches?

-Do we see individual family members bringing their whole family into Christianity following their own conversion?

-What was so attractive about Christianity that so many people were willing to forgo all of their prior religious commitments and practices?

-Was Christianity more or less appealing to different social groups?

-What do you think is the most likely explanation for why Christianity was so appealing?

-Did Christian beliefs about the afterlife play a role in the growth of Christianity?

-How many conversion accounts do we have from antiquity?