The Gospel according to St Mark
An Introduction and Commentary

Each volume takes a book of the New Testament and goes through the text in great detail, relating the contents to the life and worship of the early Christian communities.

C. E. B. Cranfield (Edited by)

9780521092043, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 1959

524 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 3 cm, 0.57 kg

The last fifty years have seen a shift of emphasis in New Testament scholarship. When the task was to establish the text and to discuss the authenticity of the documents, linguistic and historical considerations came first. Now that these things are approaching a settled state it has become possible, and necessary, to give more attention to the theological and religious content of the New Testament. Hence the New Testament is re-examined by scholars in this new series. Each volume takes a book of the New Testament and, after an introduction on general matters, goes through the text in great detail, commenting especially on theological matters, relating the contents to the life and worship of the early Christian communities. It is assumed that students have their own Greek text beside the open commentary. The text on which the commentary is based is the Kilpatrick-Nestle edition.

Preface by the general editor
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Authorship, date and place of writing
2. The character of the gospel
3. The theology of the gospel
4. Textual criticism of the gospels
Notes
Addenda
Index.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]