Jesus' defeat of death: persuading Mark's early readers

Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their cr...

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Main Author: Bolt, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003.
In:Year: 2003
Series/Journal:Society for New Testament Studies monograph series 125
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mark / Miraculous healing / Resurrection
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Mark Reader-response criticism
B Jesus Christ ; Miracles
B Healing in the Bible
B Bible. Mark Criticism, Narrative
B Exorcism in the Bible
B Bible ; Mark ; Reader-response criticism
B Jesus Christ Miracles
B Death ; Biblical teaching
B Death Biblical teaching
B Bible ; Mark ; Criticism, Narrative
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780521830362
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Summary:Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Bolt suggests that early readers of Mark would be persuaded that Jesus' dealings with the suppliants show him casting back the shadow of death and that this in itself is preparatory for Jesus' final defeat of death in resurrection. Enlisting a variety of ancient literary and non-literary sources in an attempt to illuminate this first-century world, this book gives special attention to illness, magic and the Roman imperial system. This is a different approach to Mark, which attempts to break the impasse between narrative and historical studies and will appeal to scholars and students alike.
Note on the rendering of papyrological/inscriptional texts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Beginning of the Gospel (Mark 1.1-13) -- 3. Kingdom is near (Mark 1.14-4.34) -- 4. Jesus and the perishing (Mark 4.35-8.26) -- 5. Entering the coming kingdom (Mark 8.27-10.52) -- 6. Clash of kingdoms (Mark 11.1-13.37) -- 7. Coming of the kingdom (Mark 14-16) -- 8. Conclusions: Mark's impact on early readers
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ISBN:0511487851
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511487859