The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark

by Dennis Ronald MacDonald

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognize the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300172613
• ISBN13: 9780300172614
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"