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In this volume, respected New Testament scholar Robert Stein offers a substantive yet highly accessible commentary on the Gospel of Mark. The commentary focuses primarily on the Markan understanding of the Jesus traditions as reflected in this key New Testament book. The author analyzes each section in Mark to show how it fits the immediate and larger context of the Gospel. He offers...

In the opening prologue, Mark informs his readers that the content of his Gospel is Jesus Christ, the Son of God (1:1), and 1:1–13 serves as the beginning of the good news concerning him (Matera 1988; Hooker 1991: 31–52; France 2002: 54–87; J. Edwards 2002: 23–42; Donahue and Harrington 2002: 59–70;1 contra Keck 1965: 352–70; Guelich 1989: 3–46; Boring 1991: 53–59; Marcus 2000: 137–76). These verses serve as the
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