{"product_id":"sacra-pagina-9780814659656","title":"Sacra Pagina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUses an approach that can be expressed by two terms used in literary criticism: intratextuality and intertextuality. This intratextual and intertextual reading helps us to appreciate the literary character, its setting in life, and its distinctive approaches to the Old Testament, Jesus, and early Christian theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is well up to the standard, steady and reliable, full of wise and sober judgments.\u003ci\u003eScripture Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . deserves to be widely used at both the scholarly level and that of the serious reader.\u003ci\u003eProceedings of the Irish Biblical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . sets the standard for a comprehensive one-volume treatment of Mark for this generation.\u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Biblical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe commentary is highly recommended for the target audiences of the series - biblical scholars, students, theologians, clergy, religious educators, and interested non-specialists - and the authors are to be commended for producing a work that is both scholarly and genuinely useful and accessible to a wide variety of readers.\u003ci\u003eToronto Journal of Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonahue and Harrington, well-known scholars who have made numerous contributions to Markan studies in monographs and journal articles, have provided us with a helpful and reasonably sized commentary. It is large enough to deal with the majority of issues involved in the study of Mark without overwhelming us with more information than the average pastor or theological student can handle or wants. It is written succinctly and is very readable. It provides in its Introduction a brief and excellent overview of the major issues involved in the study of Mark.Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society\u003cbr\u003eThe whole series is together the finest available in English today, and the current volume on Mark is no exception. . . . A MUST for every library.\"\u003ci\u003eCatholic Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Editor’s Preface   xi\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations   xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   1. An Intratextual and Intertextual Commentary   1\u003cbr\u003e   2. Mark among the Gospels   3\u003cbr\u003e   3. Mark before the Gospels   6\u003cbr\u003e   4. Mark as “Author” and Theologian   8\u003cbr\u003e   5. Mark as “Literature”   12\u003cbr\u003e   6. The Genre of Mark   13\u003cbr\u003e   7. The Literary Artistry of Mark   16\u003cbr\u003e   8. Narrative Criticism and the Gospel of Mark   20\u003cbr\u003e   9. Mark’s Picture of Jesus   23\u003cbr\u003e 10. Discipleship in Mark   29\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mark and the Old Testament and Judaism   34\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Eschatology of Mark   37\u003cbr\u003e 13. Mark in Relation to Paul and to Peter   38\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Date and Audience of Mark   41\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Outline of Mark’s Gospel   46\u003cbr\u003e 16. General Bibliography  50 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslation, Notes, Interpretation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   1. The Prologue: The Beginning of the Good News (1:1-13)   59\u003cbr\u003e   2. Transitional Markan Summary: Proclamation of the Kingdom (1:14-15)   70\u003cbr\u003e   3. The Call of the First Disciples (1:16-20)   73\u003cbr\u003e   4. A Paradigmatic Day Begins the Ministry of Jesus (1:21-34)   78\u003cbr\u003e   5. Highpoints of Jesus’ Work in Galilee (1:35-45)   86\u003cbr\u003e   6. The Healing of the Paralyzed Man (2:1-12)   92\u003cbr\u003e   7. The Call of Levi and Meals with Toll Collectors and Sinners (2:13-17)   100\u003cbr\u003e   8. Fasting, Torn Garments, and New Wineskins (2:18-22)   105\u003cbr\u003e   9. Plucking Grain on the Sabbath (2:23-28)   110\u003cbr\u003e 10. Healing on a Sabbath (3:1-6)   114\u003cbr\u003e 11. Transitional Markan Summary: Healing beside the Sea (3:7-12)   118\u003cbr\u003e 12. Choosing the Twelve (3:13-19)   122\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Beelzebul Controversy and the True Family of Jesus (3:20-35)   128\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Parable of the Sower, Sayings on the Mystery of the Kingdom of God, and the Allegory of the Seeds (4:1-20)   136\u003cbr\u003e 15. Four Sayings on Revelation and Two Kingdom Parables (4:21-34)   149\u003cbr\u003e 16. Jesus’ Power over the Wind and Waves (4:35-41)   156\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Exorcism of the Gerasene Demoniac (5:1-20)   162\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Daughter of Jairus and the Woman with the Hemorrhage (5:21-43)   171\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Rejection at Nazareth (6:1-6a)   183\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Mission Charge to the Twelve (6:6b-13)   189\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Identity of Jesus and the Execution of John the Baptist (6:14-29)   194\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Feeding of the 5000 by the Sea of Galilee (6:30-44)   203\u003cbr\u003e 23. Jesus Walks on the Water and Astounds the Disciples (6:45-52)   212\u003cbr\u003e 24. A Markan Summary of the Healing Power of Jesus (6:53-56)   216\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Dispute over Clean and Unclean (7:1-23)   218\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Syrophoenician Woman (7:24-30)   232\u003cbr\u003e 27. Jesus Restores Hearing and Speech to a Suffering Man (7:31-37)   238\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Second Feeding Narrative: The 4000 (8:1-10)   243  \u003cbr\u003e 29. Pharisees and Scribes Seek a Sign (8:11-13)   247\u003cbr\u003e 30. A Further Misunderstanding by the Disciples and the Conclusion of the Bread Section (8:14-21)   251 \u003cbr\u003e 31. The Gradual Healing of a Blind Man (8:22-26)   255\u003cbr\u003e 32. Peter’s Confession, the First Passion Prediction, Peter’s Misunderstanding, and the Demands of Discipleship (8:27-38)   259\u003cbr\u003e 33. The Transfiguration (9:1-13)   267\u003cbr\u003e 34. Healing a Possessed Boy (9:14-29)   276\u003cbr\u003e 35. A Second Passion Prediction and More Instructions for Disciples (9:30-50)   282\u003cbr\u003e 36. Marriage and Divorce (10:1-12)   292\u003cbr\u003e 37. Jesus Blesses Children (10:13-16)   299\u003cbr\u003e 38. Riches and Poverty (10:17-31)   302\u003cbr\u003e 39. A Third Passion Prediction and More Instructions for Disciples (10:32-45)   309\u003cbr\u003e 40. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus (10:46-52)   316\u003cbr\u003e 41. Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem (11:1-11)   320\u003cbr\u003e 42. The Fig Tree and the Temple (11:12-25)   326\u003cbr\u003e 43. The Authority of Jesus (11:27-33)   333\u003cbr\u003e 44. The Parable of the Vineyard (12:1-12)   337\u003cbr\u003e 45. Taxes to Caesar (12:13-17)   343\u003cbr\u003e 46. The Debate about Resurrection (12:18-27)   348\u003cbr\u003e 47. The Great Commandment(s) (12:28-34)   354\u003cbr\u003e 48. The Messiah and the Son of David (12:35-37)   358\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Scribes and the Widow (12:38-44)   362\u003cbr\u003e 50. Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse (13:1-37)   366\u003cbr\u003e 51. Contrasting Beginnings of Jesus’ Last Days (14:1-11)   383\u003cbr\u003e 52. Jesus’ Final Meal with His Disciples (14:12-25)   391\u003cbr\u003e 53. Prediction of Peter’s Denial (14:26-31)   401\u003cbr\u003e 54. Jesus in Gethsemane (14:32-42)   406\u003cbr\u003e 55. The Arrest of Jesus (14:43-52)   414\u003cbr\u003e 56. Jesus before the Sanhedrin and the Denial by Peter (14:53-72)   419  \u003cbr\u003e 57. Jesus before Pilate (15:1-20)   429\u003cbr\u003e 58. The Crucifixion of Jesus (15:21-32)   440\u003cbr\u003e 59. The Death of Jesus (15:33-41)   446\u003cbr\u003e 60. The Burial of Jesus (15:42-47)   453\u003cbr\u003e 61. The Empty Tomb (16:1-8)   457\u003cbr\u003e 62. Later Endings (16:9-20)   462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndexes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Principal Ancient Parallels   465\u003cbr\u003e 2. Subjects   479\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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