The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark: Volume 2

by Donald Senior

Book Overview

Which came first: a coherent Passion story or the Gospel of Mark? Contemporary biblical scholarship is divided over this issue of how, exactly, the Passion story developed.

Whatever the shape of the story prior to Mark, it must have been imprinted with Christian experience as well as historical memory. Mark, in turn, felt free to retell and reinterpret that story for his own time and place. The Passion of Jesus was not only a story from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814654363
• ISBN13: 9780814654361
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A must read!

The 'Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark' is a required read if you are into this type of reading.