Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE RENDERING OF PAPYROLOGICAL/INSCRIPTIONAL TEXTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL (MARK 1.1-13); 3 THE KINGDOM IS NEAR (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 THE CLASH OF KINGDOMS (MARK 11.1-13.37); 7 THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM (MARK 14-16); 8 CONCLUSIONS: MARK'S IMPACT ON EARLY READERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS; SUBJECT INDEX
Summary
Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. He focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-320) and indexes
