Main description: The monograph discusses the short formulae of the 'gospel' (euangelion) as the first reflected expressions of Christian faith. They adapted the apocalyptic expectations to express the Easter experience and shaped the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This book a…
"This study investigates the issues of the origin and purpose of the Gospel of Mark. The author argues that Mark's Gospel was written in Galilee some time after the Jewish Revolt in 70 A.D. for a Christian audience that was living under the threat of persecution. The first part …
A treatment of Mark as a dramatic narrative whole. This study opens up the literary mechanism of the Gospel of Mark by developing analogies to techniques in contemporary cinema. Its focus upon these techniques is never obscure of distracting, and the book will be valuable in col…
Paraphrase on Mark
by Rummel, Erika, Erasmus, Desiderius
fromCollected Works of Erasmus
