Jesus' Defeat of Death: Persuading Mark's Early Readers (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
by:
Peter G. Bolt (author)
Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. Focusing upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism, Bolt analyzes their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Enlisting a variety of ancient...
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Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. Focusing upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism, Bolt analyzes their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Enlisting a variety of ancient literary and non-literary sources, this book recreates the first-century world of illness, magic and Roman imperialism. This new approach to Mark combines reader-response criticism with social history.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780521068994 (0521068991)
ASIN: 0521068991
Publish date: 2008-10-30
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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