Mockery and Secretism in the Social World of Mark's Gospel

by Dietmar Neufeld

Book Overview

Having established the context of mockery and shame in Ancient Mediterranean cultures, Dietmar Neufeld shows how Mark presented Jesus as a person with a sense of honour and with a sense of shame, willing to accept the danger of being visible and the mockery it attracted. Neufeld also considers the social functions of ridicule/mockery more broadly as strategies of social sanction, leading to a better understanding of how social, religious, and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567570444
• ISBN13: 9780567570444
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"