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Jesus' Defeat of Death
Persuading Mark's Early Readers

A study of Mark's Gospel and its role in the rise of early Christianity.

Peter G. Bolt (Author)

9780521830362, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 December 2003

384 pages, 1 b/w illus. 4 tables
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg

Review of the hardback: '… offers many new insights. There's a lot for most of us to learn from this book, and it opens up fascinating insights into ancient thought and culture.' European Journal of Theology

Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Bolt suggests that early readers of Mark would be persuaded that Jesus' dealings with the suppliants show him casting back the shadow of death and that this in itself is preparatory for Jesus' final defeat of death in resurrection. Enlisting a variety of ancient literary and non-literary sources in an attempt to illuminate this first-century world, this book gives special attention to illness, magic and the Roman imperial system. This is a different approach to Mark, which attempts to break the impasse between narrative and historical studies and will appeal to scholars and students alike.

1. Introduction
2. The beginning of the gospel (Mark 1.1–13)
3. The Kingdom is near (Mark 1.14–4.34)
4. Jesus and the perishing (Mark 4.35–8.26)
5. Entering the coming Kingdom (Mark 8.27–10.52)
6. The clash of Kingdoms (Mark 11.1–13.37)
7. The coming of the Kingdom (Mark 14–16)
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], General & world history [HBG]

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