We know there are many references to the gospel in the New Testament, but is this term used in the Old Testament? Mark begins his account about Jesus with, “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet…” (Mark 1:1-2a). Is Mark saying Isaiah wrote about the gospel? A Greco-Roman Gospel versus a Hebrew Gospel In my previous post, we examined the meaning of “gospel” in the Greco-Roman world. To review, euangelion, the Greek word translated as “gospel” was a familiar term to those in the Roman Empire. “Gospel” […]