In his Gospel, Mark doesn't tell us much about himself. Scholars have managed to glean information about him from the text--like the fact that he was a good friend of Simon Peter's--but Mark himself is not very forthcoming about where he's writing from or even the audience he's writing his Gospel for. The reason, perhaps, is because the story he's telling is not about himself. His story is all about Jesus. This new guide in the Understanding the Books...