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Chapter 11 of Textbook Books of the New Testament: An Overview The Gospel According To Mark (contd.): The first author to put the oral traditions about Jesus into a written form that is called “Gospel”; The account cites few of Jesus’ “sayings”; It emphasizes Jesus’ actions; The Gospel According to Mark (contd.): Historical Setting: Who is the author of this account of the Gospel? Was the Gospel written for a group undergoing severe testing (see, e.g., 8.34-38; 10.38-40)? Is it related in any way to Nero’s persecution of early Christians in Rome? What was the author’s relationship to