02157cam a22002894a 4500 12187773 AU-EpEBC 20150909152945.0 000927s2001 miu b 001 0 eng 00049472 0802845037 (softcover : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC pcc BS2585.53 .W58 2001 226.3/077 21 EW Witherington, Ben, 1951- The Gospel of Mark : a socio-rhetorical commentary / Ben Witherington III. Grand Rapids, MI : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2001. xxiv, 463 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xxiv) and indexes. I. Introduction -- The genre of Mark -- The rhetoric of Mark -- Mark's sources -- Mark's style and facility with Greek -- The authorship and audience of the earliest gospel -- Mark in its social context -- The structure of Mark's gospel -- Mark's Christology, the Messianic secret, and Mark's ending -- The contours of Mark's Christology -- Mark on discipleship -- Mark as story -- Point of view -- II. The commentary. "This commentary offers the first sustained attempt to read the Gospel of Mark both as an ancient biography and as a form of ancient rhetoric. Ben Witherington applies to Mark the socio-rhetorical approach for which he is well known, opening a new perspective on the earliest Gospel that also emphasizes Mark's theological and ethical interests and purposes. Based on a fresh translation of the Greek text, Witherington's commentary makes clear Mark's focus on the identity of Jesus, on the importance of knowing who he is - the Christ, the Son of God - in order to properly understand why he had to die. Among the valuable features of this commentary are special sections designed to help modern readers of Mark apply the text to life today and excurses that highlight technical topics for scholars and more advanced Bible students."--Jacket. Bible. Mark Commentaries. Bible. N.T. Mark Socio-rhetorical criticism. ddc 36017 36017 0 0 ddc 0 0 225 NT MAIN MAIN OS 2013-04-12 Donated by Valentin Vasilev, 2009-2011 20.00 1 1 226.3077/WIT 13894 2015-11-11 00:00:00 2015-10-08 1 50.00 2013-04-12 AM