The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark

by Dennis Ronald MacDonald

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In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognize the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300172613

ISBN13:9780300172614

Release Date:June 2000

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:274 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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