The Case for Mark Composed in Performance

by Antoinette Clark Wire

Is it possible to make a case that the Gospel of Mark was not composed by a single man from scattered accounts but in a process of people's telling Jesus' story over several decades? And what can we say about the tellers who were shaping this story for changing audiences? After an introduction showing the groundwork already laid in oral tradition research, the case begins by tracing the Mark we know back to several quite different early manuscripts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608998584
• ISBN13: 9781608998586
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"