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Irony In Mark's Gospel

Text and Subtext

by Jerry Camery-hoggatt

  • Hardback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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The author of this lucid and interdisciplinary study of Mark's Gospel believes that - when applied to Gospel texts - sociological analysis and literary criticism may be far closer together in purpose and intent than is often supposed. Professor Camery-Hoggatt therefore begins his work with an exploration of the social functions of narrative in general, and of ironic narrative in particular. He then turns to the literary functions of the internal elements of the narrative, and draws the two discussions together into a single framework that can be used as a lens through which Mark's Gospel can be read. The author's claim is that irony - especially dramatic irony - thoroughly permeates the Gospel, and that this evinces a rhetorical strategy central to Mark's whole narrative. The second half of the book shows that the presence of irony is especially powerful when the deeper level of meaning is somehow hidden from the story's characters.
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Reading The Good Book WellIrony In Mark's Gospel

  • Author

    Jerry Camery-hoggatt

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    April 1992

  • Weight

    445g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521414906

  • ISBN-10

    0521414903

  • Eden Code

    1007545

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