Jesus' defeat of death: persuading Mark's early readers
Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their cr...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2003.
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| In: | Year: 2003 |
| Series/Journal: | Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
125 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mark
/ Miraculous healing
/ Resurrection
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Mark
Reader-response criticism
B Jesus Christ ; Miracles B Healing in the Bible B Bible. Mark Criticism, Narrative B Exorcism in the Bible B Bible ; Mark ; Reader-response criticism B Jesus Christ Miracles B Death ; Biblical teaching B Death Biblical teaching B Bible ; Mark ; Criticism, Narrative |
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Print version: 9780521830362 |
| Summary: | Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Bolt suggests that early readers of Mark would be persuaded that Jesus' dealings with the suppliants show him casting back the shadow of death and that this in itself is preparatory for Jesus' final defeat of death in resurrection. Enlisting a variety of ancient literary and non-literary sources in an attempt to illuminate this first-century world, this book gives special attention to illness, magic and the Roman imperial system. This is a different approach to Mark, which attempts to break the impasse between narrative and historical studies and will appeal to scholars and students alike. Note on the rendering of papyrological/inscriptional texts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Beginning of the Gospel (Mark 1.1-13) -- 3. Kingdom is near (Mark 1.14-4.34) -- 4. Jesus and the perishing (Mark 4.35-8.26) -- 5. Entering the coming kingdom (Mark 8.27-10.52) -- 6. Clash of kingdoms (Mark 11.1-13.37) -- 7. Coming of the kingdom (Mark 14-16) -- 8. Conclusions: Mark's impact on early readers |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511487851 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511487859 |