and those are the dullest ones of all.

而这是最愚钝的方式
Lots of different ways to read these texts and

有很多阅读经文的方法
I'm going to teach you this historical critical reading,

而我要教你们历史批判性阅读
which means certain things.

它有特定的含义
It means we're not going to read the Gospel of Mark

意味着我们不会通过阅读马太福音
through the lens of Matthew, Luke or John.

路加福音和约翰福音来解读马可福音
We're going to take Mark's own Gospel as standing on its own.

我们要单独考虑马可福音
So we're not going to rush off to another Gospel,

所以我们不会突然跳到其它福音书
or to Acts, or the letters of Paul

或者使徒行传或者保罗书信
to provide an interpretative clue for how to read Mark.

来寻找阅读马可福音的线索
We're going to read Mark as Mark by itself,

我们要着眼于马可福音本身
and that's one of the fundamental rules of historical criticism

这是历史批判性阅读的基本原则之一