Redactional Style in the Marcan Gospel

An examination of syntactically unusual features of 'Markan usage'. Appendixes include a complete redactional Greek text.

E. J. Pryke (Author)

9780521020541, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 October 2005

208 pages
21.5 x 13.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.277 kg

St Mark's Gospel was put together from oral and perhaps written source material, which the redactor-editor edited and linked together by `seams' or joining phrases. The evangelist is thus regarded as a translator/editor of sources, and also as a creative artist in his shaping of the material and in his editorial writing which moulds the disparate sources into an integrated narrative. Dr Pryke tests some eighteen syntactically unusual features of 'Markan usage' statistically to see if they are mainly source material (S) or redactional (R). Objective criteria are provided for distinguishing redactional passages, and the linguistic method is used to see if residual S passages might be converted to R. Appendixes analyse the vocabulary for a list of the most frequently used words in R passages, annotate unusual syntax and special vocabulary of R verses, and provide a complete redactional Greek text. Dr Pryke's methods and conclusions will be of great value to those concerned with the analysis of St Mark's Gospel, and of interest to all concerned with linguistic studies of New Testament texts.

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Redactional verses listed and classified
2. Linguistic criteria for redaction
3. Marcan redactional vocabulary most frequently used by the author
Appendixes
Select Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]