Evangelista jako „osobnost“: Konstrukce autority v Markově evangeliu
‘Personality’: The Construction of Authority in the Gospel of Mark

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the Gospel of Mark through the lens of authorship, narrative authority, and rhetorical strategy within its Greco Roman and Jewish contexts. Contrary to modern expectations of an explicit authorial presence or historiographical verification, the Gospel operates with an ‘absolute’ narrative style which presupposes, rather than constructs, the authority of the narrator and the truthfulness of the message. I argue that Mark does not rely on external sources of legitimacy, but instead assumes a position of in¬spired authority, likely rooted in his recognized status within a local Christian community. Through a close analysis of narrative structure, Old Testament citations, and the reception of the Gospel in Matthew and Luke, I suggest that Mark’s gospel functioned primarily in a liturgical or intra communal setting, rather than as an apologetic or missionary text. This study challenges traditional assumptions about anonymity, authorship, and authority in early Christian texts, and proposes that the figure of the evangelist ‒ although narratively silent – was socially and theologically central.

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