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The Way of the Lord: Christological Exegesis of the Old Testament in the Gospel of Mark is unavailable, but you can change that!

The New Testament’s messianic interpretation of the Old is an important key to its theology. This book examines the way the author of the Gospel of Mark uses the Old Testament to convey the identity of Jesus. Joel Marcus examines in detail several important Markan passages which use the Old Testament. His central thesis is that Mark’s Old Testament usage follows paths already made by Jewish...

with Galilee, and foreshadows 16:7, a verse that disrupts its context and also speaks of Galilee.7 Since 14:28 probably comes from Mark’s hand, it is particularly interesting to observe that it seems to allude to the wider context of the verse from Zechariah just quoted. The verb “to lead” (προάγειν) continues the shepherd metaphor from 14:27, and this metaphor receives emphasis not only in Zech. 13:7 but throughout Zechariah 9–14 (see Zech. 9:16; 10:3; 11:4–17; 13:7). The restoration of the disciples
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