Mimetic Criticism and the Gospel of Mark

by Joel L. Watts

Book Overview

What if the story of Jesus was meant not just to be told but retold, molded, and shaped into something new, something present by the Evangelist to face each new crisis? The Evangelists were not recording a historical report, but writing to effect a change in their community. Mark was faced with the imminent destruction of his tiny community--a community leaderless without Paul and Peter and who witnessed the destruction of the Temple; now, another...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498264298
• ISBN13: 9781498264297
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"