Mark as story : an introduction to the narrative of a gospel - Rhoads, David M.; Dewey, Joanna, 1936-; Michie, Donald, 1934- (Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2012)
Contents note continued: The Ideal Audience -- Stage 1 Experiencing the rule of God -- Stage 2 Overcoming resistance to the rule of God -- Stage 3 Facing persecution and execution in Jerusalem -- The ending -- Hypothetical First-Century Audiences -- Case Study: A Performance Scenario -- The reign of God and the empire of Rome -- The culture of the rule of God -- In the aftermath of the Roman-Judean War -- Opposing the Judean revolutionaries -- Call to commitment -- A new world -- Contemporary Readers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191)
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, Narrative