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The Gospel of Mark : a socio-rhetorical commentary / Ben Witherington III. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., (c)2001.Description: xxiv, 463 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802845030
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2585
  • BS2585.W823.G677 2001
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Review: "This commentary offers the first sustained attempt to read the Gospel of Mark both as an ancient biography and as a form of ancient rhetoric. Ben Witherington applies to Mark the socio-rhetorical approach for which he is well known, opening a new perspective on the earliest Gospel that also emphasizes Mark's theological and ethical interests and purposes. Based on a fresh translation of the Greek text, Witherington's commentary makes clear Mark's focus on the identity of Jesus, on the importance of knowing who he is - the Christ, the Son of God - in order to properly understand why he had to die. Among the valuable features of this commentary are special sections designed to help modern readers of Mark apply the text to life today and excurses that highlight technical topics for scholars and more advanced Bible students."--BOOK JACKET.
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BS2585.53.P54 2010 Mark / BS2585.53.S23 2005 The Gospel according to Mark / BS2585.53.S67 2011 Mark / BS2585.53.W58 2001 The Gospel of Mark : a socio-rhetorical commentary / BS2585.6.A8B65 2005 The cross from a distance : atonement in Mark's Gospel / BS2585.6.D45B65 2003 Jesus' defeat of death : persuading Mark's early readers / BS2585.6.E7B35 1997 Eschatology in the making : Mark, Matthew, and the Didache /

"This commentary offers the first sustained attempt to read the Gospel of Mark both as an ancient biography and as a form of ancient rhetoric. Ben Witherington applies to Mark the socio-rhetorical approach for which he is well known, opening a new perspective on the earliest Gospel that also emphasizes Mark's theological and ethical interests and purposes. Based on a fresh translation of the Greek text, Witherington's commentary makes clear Mark's focus on the identity of Jesus, on the importance of knowing who he is - the Christ, the Son of God - in order to properly understand why he had to die. Among the valuable features of this commentary are special sections designed to help modern readers of Mark apply the text to life today and excurses that highlight technical topics for scholars and more advanced Bible students."--BOOK JACKET.

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