The Gospel of Mark

by William L. Lane

This widely praised commentary by William Lane shows Mark to be a theologian whose primary aim was to strengthen the people of God in a time of fiery persecution by Nero. Using redaction criticism as a hermeneutical approach for understanding the text and the intention of the evangelist, Lane considers the Gospel of Mark as a total literary work and describes Mark's creative role in shaping the Gospel tradition and in exercising a conscious theological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802825028
• ISBN13: 9780802825025
• Release Date: April 1974
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 678 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"