Mark's Gospel

by John Painter

Book Overview

Mark's 'biography' of Jesus is the earliest of the four gospels, and influenced them all. The distinctive feature of this biography is the quality of 'good news', which presupposes a world dominated by the forces of evil.
John Painter shows how the rhetorical and dramatic shaping of the book emphasises the conflict of good and evil at many levels - between Jesus and the Jewish authorities, Jesus and the Roman authorities, and the conflict of values...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415113644
• ISBN13: 9780415113649
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"