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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...

seems to be aware of the Zecharian background of this section of his Gospel. The eschatological orientation of Zechariah 9–14 in the Old Testament and in later Jewish exegesis also seems to apply to Mark’s use of the chapters, and Mark’s application of them may partly be a response to the catalytic role they played in the Jewish Revolt. Mark does not efface the military lineaments of the “shepherd” described by Zechariah, but he emphasizes the paradox that this shepherd’s victory involves an element
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