The very notion of the “Gospel,” the Evangelion, lies so deep in Christian memory that it takes on a tautological quality, as it were: The Gospel is the Gospel. The “idea” of it is so integral to what ...

The Gospel of Mark begins innocuously enough: "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Innocuously enough — to our ears. The Greek word for "gospel," evangelion, means "good news ...