The Interpretation of Mark (Second Edition)

This thoroughly revised and enlarged edition documents the main developments in the field of Marcan Studies since the 1950s. It provides an authoritative and up-to-date collection of the modern classic essays on Mark from Schweizer to Malbon--reflecting the considerable diversity of opinion and approach taken by scholars to Mark's complex literary and theological enterprise. Alongside the traditional approaches of source, form, tradition and redaction criticism, newer disciplines emerging in the biblical field (such as composition criticism, rhetorical criticism, narrative criticism, reader-response criticism, structuralism) are represented. An introduction by the editor sets each essay in its scholarly and historical context, and surveys other significant studies in the field. A selective bibliography provides full information on these works which have proved important, or which are likely to prove useful. To all students of Mark's gospel.