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In The Gospel of Mark, Donahue and Harrington use an approach that can be expressed by two terms currently used in literary criticism: intratextuality and intertextuality. This intratextual and intertextual reading of Mark’s Gospel helps us to appreciate the literary character, its setting in life, and its distinctive approaches to the Old Testament, Jesus, and early Christian theology. ...

One of the most striking developments in biblical studies in recent years has been the dramatic expansion of methods used in interpreting the text. From its inception the Sacra Pagina series has encouraged its authors to use those methods that are most appropriate and most fruitful for bringing out the distinctive character of the various writings that comprise the New Testament. The approach taken to Mark’s Gospel in this volume can be
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