Mark: A Reader-Response Commentary
The distinguished Dutch New Testament scholar Bas van Iersel offers us an incisive and comprehensive episode-by-episode commentary on the Gospel of Mark. His special focus is on the contribution of each episode to the overall meaning of the gospel, at both the level of the story and the level of the discourse. As a reader-response commentator, his concern is everywhere with the effect of Mark's story on its readers, engaging both with the situation of the original audience of Mark-Christians...
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Preface7Abbreviations9IntroductionCh. 1Reading and Readers14Ch. 2Author and Readers, Place and Time30Ch. 3Mark and the Old Testament58Ch. 4A Composition in Lines and Circles68Commentary - Prologue: In the WildernessCh. 5Voices in the Wilderness (1.1-15)88Pt. IAction in GalileeCh. 6The Structure of Part I110Ch. 7A Wandering Jew (1.16-4.1)127Ch. 8Stories and Images (4.2-34)176Ch. 9Crossing Boundaries (4.35-8.21)193Pt. IIThe WayCh. 10The Structure of Part II270Ch. 11Going his Own Way (8.22-10.52)278Pt. IIIPassion in JerusalemCh. 12The Structure of Part III346Ch. 13Winning in the Temple Court (11.1-12.44)351Ch. 14The End of the Temple and the World (13.1-37)387Ch. 15Losing his Life (14.1-15.39)413Epilogue: At the TombCh. 16Way without End (15.40-16.8)482An Added Epilogue507Bibliography509Index of References527Index of Authors553
