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Timothy J. Geddert views Mark as a profound theologian and accomplished writer, not a mere compiler of traditions. Mark's text provokes careful reflection on its subtle and challenging message of hope and its call to follow Jesus "on the way." Mark's Gospel, with some riddles and puzzles, speaks of God as revealed in Jesus of Nazareth. This Jesus is "the Christ, the Son of God." Mark is about...

persuasive). In seminary classes I have often used the studies of W. Swartley, D. Senior, J. D. Kingsbury, and D. H. Juel. Finally, R. H. Lightfoot’s study, first published in 1950 and far ahead of its time, is a good model of the kind of interpretation for which I aim. I have tried to learn from many methodologies, but this commentary will not focus on historical-critical, source-critical, form-critical, or redaction-critical matters. I find that the tools of literary criticism and reader-response
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