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Jesus' Defeat of Death

Persuading Mark's Early Readers

by Peter G. Bolt

  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm

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Peter Bolt explores the impact of Mark's Gospel on its early readers in the first-century Graeco-Roman world. His book focuses upon the thirteen characters in Mark who come to Jesus for healing or exorcism and, using analytical tools of narrative and reader-response criticism, explores their crucial role in the communication of the Gospel. Bolt suggests that early readers of Mark would be persuaded that Jesus' dealings with the suppliants show him casting back the shadow of death and that this in itself is preparatory for Jesus' final defeat of death in resurrection. Enlisting a variety of ancient literary and non-literary sources in an attempt to illuminate this first-century world, this book gives special attention to illness, magic and the Roman imperial system. This is a different approach to Mark, which attempts to break the impasse between narrative and historical studies and will appeal to scholars and students alike.
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  • Author

    Peter G. Bolt

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    October 2008

  • Weight

    486g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521068994

  • ISBN-10

    0521068991

  • Eden Code

    1212263

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