Sowing the Gospel: Mark’s World in Literary-Historical Perspective
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Overview
Mark, says Mary Ann Tolbert, intends to sow abroad the good news of God’s imminent coup d’etat over the murderous authorities of his generation, thus disclosing the good earth of God’s kingdom before the final devastation of the cosmos and the coming of the Son of Man. Mark’s purpose, she says, is not to provide data about Jesus or to debate ecclesiastical controversies, but rather, to persuade its hearers to have faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to follow the way he forged into inevitable persecutions, and to become themselves sowers of the good news of God’s kingdom.
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- Explores the intended purpose of Mark’s Gospel
- Studies the Gospel of Mark as narrative
- Analyzes the historical and cultural contexts surrounding Mark’s composition
- Introducing the Approach
- Goal-Specific Requirements
- Text-Specific Requirements: General
- Text-Specific Requirements: Genre
- The Approach Delineated
- Beginning the Interpretation
- Overview of the Gospel of Mark
- Jesus, the Sower of the Word
- The Good Earth and the Rocky Ground
- Jesus, the Heir of the Vineyard
- The Death of the Heir
. . . one of the freshest interpretations of Mark’s Gospel I have ever had the privilege to read . . . It marks a milestone in the recent history of Markan research.
—Jack Dean Kingsbury, emeritus professor of biblical theology, Union Theological Seminary
Mary Ann Tolbert is the George H. Atkinson Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pacific School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union.