The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel

by Helen K. Bond

Book Overview

What difference does it make to identify Mark's gospel as an ancient biography?

Reading the gospels as ancient biographies makes a profound difference to the way that we interpret them. Biography immortalizes the memory of the subject, creating a literary monument to the person's life and teaching. Yet it is also a bid to legitimize a specific view of that figure and to position an author and his audience as appropriate "gatekeepers" of that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802884474
• ISBN13: 9780802884473
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 336 Pages