Beyond Fear and Silence: A Feminist-Literary Approach to the Gospel of Mark

by Joan L. Mitchell

Book Overview

The Gospel of Mark ends in a curious way. Three women disciples go to the tomb and find it empty, save for a young man in a white robe who tells them that Jesus has been raised and they should tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.' The gospel concludes with the statement: Then they went out and fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and bewilderment. They said nothing to anyone,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826413544
• ISBN13: 9780826413543
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"