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Mark as Story: An Introduction to the Narrative of a Gospel is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this third edition of Mark as Story, Rhoads, Dewey, and Michie take their treatment of the Gospel of Mark to new levels. While retaining their clear and thorough analysis of Mark as a narrative, they now place their study of Mark in the context of orality. The new preface explains the role of Mark in a predominantly oral culture. Throughout the study, they refer to the author as composer, the...

Judea, besieging Jerusalem until both the city and the temple lay in ruins, and crucifying and enslaving its people. To Mark’s audiences, the Roman Empire spelled domination and destruction. It has become clear to us that just as surely as the Judean Jesus as son of God is rooted in the traditions of Israel and the God of the Judeans, so also Jesus and the rule of God are portrayed in Mark as an alternative to the Roman emperor and the Roman Empire. In the opening words, Jesus is named the chosen
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