The Rhetoric of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

by Michael Strickland and David M. Young

Young and Strickland analyze the four largest discourses of Jesus in Mark in the context of Greco-Roman rhetoric in an attempt to hear them as a first-century audience would have heard them. Their analysis uncovers how the discourses are constructed; what issues each discourse seeks to treat; how the argumentation, arrangement, and style of each discourse contributes to its overall purpose; and how the discourse fits into the overall narrative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506433359
• ISBN13: 9781506433356
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"