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Resources for the Book of Mark
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
 | Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
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Mark
at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books,
people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also
available at their site. |
| The
Gospel of Mark: An Introduction for Preachers by William R.G. Loader, Murdoch
University, Australia. (Mark in terms of the lectionary year.) |
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The Gospel of Mark,
Wikipedia. |
|
Introduction to the Book of Mark, New American
Bible. |
| The
Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith,
Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament
and Its Context. |
|
Introduction
to Mark, Dom Henry Wansbrough, detailed
historical & literary introductory study. |
| Gospel
of Saint Mark from the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
| Mark:
Introduction, Argument and Outline by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies
Foundation. |
|
Introduction
and Outline
for Mark, by
David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation. |
|
Introduction to Mark,
B.W. Johnson, The People's New Testament, 1891. |
| "Mark in Year
B: A Bibliography for Preachers of
Mark's Gospel,"
David Schnasa Jacobsen, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. |
|
"The Gospel of Mark," from A Historical
Introduction to the New Testament, Robert M. Grant, 1963. Full text
at Religion Online. |
| Bible
Basics (Mark) by NetMinistries.
(Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words) |
| The World
Wide Study Bible on the Gospel of Mark. |
| Walking
Through the Bible: Mark. |
| Biblenotes
summary: Mark. |
|
"The
Gospel of Mark," in
An
Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of
book online at Religion Online. |
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| Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
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Mark, Geneva Study Bible, 1599. |
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Mark, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706. |
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Mark, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament. |
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Mark, Wesley's Notes, c 1760. |
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Mark, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. |
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Mark, People's New Testament, 1891. |
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Mark, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917. |
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Mark, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. |
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Mark, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. |
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The Earliest Gospel, Frederick C. Grant,
1943. Full text online at
Religion Online. |
| The Gospel of
Mark: A Series by Ray C Stedman. Text or Real Audio. |
| The
Letter of Mark by Dwight Edwards at the Biblical Studies Foundation. |
|
Windows into the
World of Jesus: Studies in Mark's Gospel, Daniel P. Schrock, Columbus
Mennonite Church, Columbus, Ohio. |
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A Textual
Commentary on the Greek Gospels, vol 2, Mark, Wieland Willker. |
| By Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks:
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The Gospel of Mark,
textual commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer,
BibleTexts.com. |
|
Mark,
Expository Notes,
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 2005 edition. |
| Michael A. Turton's
Historical
Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a
complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the
historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the
Gospel of Mark." |
|
Free Bible
Commentary, Mark and 1 & 2 Peter, Dr. Bob
Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University. |
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| Articles and Background:
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"Stages
of Faith and the Gospel of Mark," James V. Zeitz, Spirituality
Today, Winter 1984. |
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"Images
of Jesus and the Christian Vocation in the Gospels of Mark and
Matthew," Mary Rose D'Angelo, Spirituality Today, Fall 1984. |
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"The
Women of the Gospel of Mark and Contemporary Women's Sprituality,"
Mitzi Minor, Spirituality Today, Summer 1991. |
| Introduction to
Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark, Vernon
K. Robbins, 1992. |
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"Text
and Contexts: Interpreting the Disciples in Mark," Elizabeth Struthers
Malbon,
Textual Determinacy Part One, Semeia 62:
An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism, 1993. |
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"Reading Mark Ritually: Honor-Shame and the Ritual of Baptism," Mark
McVann, Semeia 67: Transformations, Passages, and
Processes: Ritual Approaches to Biblical Text, 1994. |
| Introduction to
New Boundaries in Old Territory: Forms and Social Rhetoric in Mark,
David B. Gowler. New York: Peter Lang, 1994. |
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"Is
There a Monkey in This Class?" Ole Davidsen, Semeia 71: Textual
Determinacy, Part Two, 1995. |
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"Domestic Domains in
the Gospel of Mark," Katrina Poetker, Direction, 1995.
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"On
Mark's Use of The Gospel of Thomas, Part 1," and
"Part 2," by Stevan
Davies, republished from Neotestamentica (1996) at Stevan Davies'
Gospel of Thomas website. |
| "Questions,
Chreai, and Challenges to Honor. The Interface of Rhetoric and Culture in Mark's
Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, Catholic Biblical Quarterly
60 (1998):657-81. |
| "The Gospel of Mark
and Judaism," Robert McFarlane in Gesher: The Journal of the Council of
Christians and Jews, 1998. |
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"Disciples
on Trial," Susan R. Garrett, The Christian Century, 1998.
Religion Online. |
| "Identification
of the Bethany Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark with other Figures Found in Mark and
John," Miles Fowler. Journal of Higher Criticism, 1998. |
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"Examples
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Mark," Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, at The
Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation, 1999. |
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"Dare
to Preach this Gospel," William O'Brien, "Living the
Word," Sojourners Online, January/February 2000. |
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"The
Various Endings of Mark," vol 2b of A Textual Commentary on the Greek
Gospels, Wieland Willker. |
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"Mark, John,
and Answerability: Aspects of Interfluentiality between the Second and
Fourth Gospels," Paul N. Anderson, 2001. |
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"The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Discourse in the Gospel of Mark,"
Vernon K. Robbins in The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Dicourse in the New
Testament, ed. F Watson, 2002. |
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"Is Our Reading the Bible the Same as the Original Audience's Hearing It? A
Case Study in the Gospel of Mark," Robert H Stein,
The Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 2003. |
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"The Poetic Function and the Gospel in/of Mark: a Post-Canonical Reading,"
George Aichele, 2003. |
| "The
Rhetoric of the Characterization of Jesus as the Son of Man and Christ in
Mark," Paul Danove, Biblica Vol. 84(2003) 16-34. |
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"Recent Reflections on the Gospel according to Mark," Sean P. Kealy,
Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005. |
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"Evocatio deorum and the Date of Mark,"
John S. Kloppenborg,
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005. (Issue is one
large .pdf file.) |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Boyce, James L.,
"Hearing the Good News: The Message of the Kingdom in Mark," Word &
World, 2006. |
| Danove, Paul,
"The Narrative Function of Mark's Characterization of God," Novum
Testamentum, 2001. |
| Dewey, Joanna,
"The Survival of Mark's Gospel: A Good Story?" Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2005. |
| Harrington, Daniel J.,
"What's New in Markan Studies?" Word & World, 2006. |
| Hedrick, Charles,
"Realism in Western Narrative and the Gospel of Mark: A Prolegomenon,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
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| Kloppenborg, John S.,
"Evocatio
Deorum and the Date of Mark," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005. |
| Liew, Tat-Siong Benny,
"Tyranny, Boundary and Might: Colonial Mimicry in Mark's Gospel,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1999. |
| Malbon, Elizabeth
Struthers,
"Fallible Followers: Women and Men in the Gospel of Mark," Semeia,
1983. |
| Malbon, Elizabeth
Struthers,
"Narrative Christology and the Son of Man: What the Markan Jesus Says
Instead," Biblical Interpretation, 2003. |
| Maloney, Linda,
"Mark and Mystery," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004. |
| Marcus, Joel,
"Crucifixion as Parodic Exaltation," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
| Moloney, Francis J.,
"The Markan Story," Word & World, 2006. |
| Otey, Rush,
"A Pilgrim's Discovering Providence: Preaching Mark's Gospel in Ordinary
Time," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year B) |
| Riches, John K.,
"Conflicting Mythologies: Mythical Narrative in the Gospel of Mark,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2001. |
| Sellew, Philip,
"Composition of Didactic Scenes in Mark's Gospel," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1989. |
| Stein, Robert H.,
"Is our Reading the bible the Same As the Original Audience's Hearing It? A
Case Study in the Gospel of Mark," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2003. |
| Voelz, James W.,
"The Greek of Codex Vaticanus in the Second Gospel and Marcan Greek,"
Novum Testamentum, 2005. |
| Watson, Francis,
"The Social Function of Mark's Secrecy Theme," Journal for the Study
of the New Testament, 1985. |
| West, Audrey,
"Preaching the Mysteries of the Reign of God," Currents in Theology
and Mission, 2005. |
| Wink, Walter,
"The Education of the Apostles: Mark's View of Human Transformation,"
Religious Education, 1988. |
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| Reviews:
| 1999:
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Broadhead, Edwin K., Naming Jesus, Titular Christology in the
Gospel of Mark. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
Reviews by Brook W.R.
Pearson and C. Drew Smith in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Marcus, Joel, Mark 1 - 8: A New Translation with Introduction
and Commentary. Doubleday, 1999.
Review by Robert H. Gundry
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Schildgen,
Brenda Deen, Power and Prejudice: The Reception of the Gospel
of Mark. (Wayne State University Press, 1999)
Review
by Walter
Wink in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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| 2000:
| Hanson, James S., The Endangered Promises: Conflict in Mark.
Scholars Press, 2000.
Review by Sharyn Dowd
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Macdonald, Dennis, The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark.
Yale University Press, 2000.
Reviews by Ronald F. Hock and Michael Gilmour
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Peterson, Dwight N., The Origins of Mark: The Markan Community
in Current Debate. Brill, 2000.
Review by Craig A Evans
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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| 2001:
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Broadhead, Edwin K., Mark. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
Review by Elizabeth Struthers Malbon in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Decker, Rodney J., Temporal Deixis of the Greek Verb in the
Gospel of Mark with Reference to Verbal Aspect. Peter Lang, 2001.
Review by Robert Paul Seesengood in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Klumbies, Paul-Gerhard, Der Mythos bei Markus. DeGruyter, 2001.
Review by Doublas Geyer in SBL's
Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Labahn, Michael and Andreas Schmidt, eds., Jesus, Mark and Q:
The Teaching of Jesus and its Earliest Records. Sheffield Academic
Press, 2001.
Review by Russell S. Morton in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Levine, Amy-Jill and Marianne Blickenstaff, eds.,
A Feminist
Companion to Mark. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
Reviews by Stephen W.
Felder and Barbara Reid in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Thurston, Bonnie Bowman, Preaching Mark. Fortress, 2001.
Review by Kevin W. Larsen in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Witherington, Ben, The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical
Commentary. Eerdmans, 2001.
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Review by Scott S. Elliott and Steve Patton
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Hans F. Bayer, Trinity Journal, 2002. |
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| 2002:
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Donahue, John R. and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark.
The Liturgical Press, 2002.
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Reviews by Eric Thurman and Erik Heen
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Sharyn Dowd,
in
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003. |
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Edwards, James, The Gospel According to Mark. Eerdmans,
2002.
Reviews by Scott S. Elliott and I Brent Driggers in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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France, R.T., The Gospel of Mark. Eerdmans, 2002.
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Reviews by Albert L Lukaszewski and Steve Patton at SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Joel F Williams, Trinity Journal, 2003. |
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| Hatina, Thomas R., In Search of a Context: The Function of
Scripture in Mark's Narrative. Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
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Review by
Kenneth D. Litwak in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by
Robert Herron, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. |
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| Malbon, Elizabeth Struthers, Hearing Mark: A Listener's Guide.
Trinity Press International, 2002.
Review by Tat-siong Liew
in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
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Moeser, Marion C., The Anecdote in Mark, the Classical World
and the Rabbis. Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
Review by Douglas Geyer
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Moloney, Francis J., The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary.
Hendrickson, 2002.
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Review by Kevin W Larsen
in The Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2004. |
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Review
by Heike Omerzu in Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
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Review by Graydon F. Snyder,
Currents in Theology and Mission, 2005. |
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Neville, David J., Mark's Gospel - Prior or Posterior: A
Reappraisal of the Phenomenon of Order. Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
Review by Suzanna Watts Henderson in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Peabody, David B., Lamar Cope and Allan J. Mcnicol, eds.,
One
Gospel from Two: Mark's Use of Matthew and Luke: A Demonstration by the
Research Team of the International Institute for Gospel Studies. Trinity
Press International, 2002.
Reviews by Ronald R. Clark and J. Samuel
Subramanian in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Sabin, Marie Noonan, Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as
Theology in the Context of Early Judaism. Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Review by Karen A Barta in
The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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Review by Gregg S Morrison,
Review of Biblical Literature. |
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| Vines, Michael E., The Problem of Markan Genre: The Gospel of
Mark and the Jewish Novel. Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.
Review by Douglas Geyer
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
|
| 2003:
| Croy, N. Clayton, The Mutilation of Mark's Gospel.
Abingdon, 2003.
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Review by Graydon F. Snyder in
Currents in Theology and
Mission. |
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Review by Lincoln Blumell in
SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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| Dart, John, Decoding Mark. Trinity Press International, 2003.
Reviews by Lincoln Blumell and Mark Schuler at
SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Incigneri, Brian J.,
The Gospel to the Romans: The Setting and Rhetoric of
Mark's Gospel. Brill, 2003.
Reviews
by Dwight N Peterson, Michael Bird,
and Zeba Crook, Review of Biblical Literature. |
| Shiner, Whitney, Proclaiming the Gospel: First-Century Performance of
Mark. Trinity Press International, 2003.
Review by Gregg Morrison,
Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
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| 2004:
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Burkett, Delber, Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark.
T & T Clark, 2004.
Reviews by Douglas Geyer and David Peabody
in SBL's Review of Biblical
Literature. |
| Bolt,
Peter G., The Cross from a Distance:
Atonement in Mark's Gospel,
Intervarsity Press, 2004.
Review
by Elliott Maloney, Review of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
| Bolt,
Peter G., Jesus' Defeat of Death: Persuading
Mark's Early Readers. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Review
by William Campbell, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
| Crossley, James G., The Date of
Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity. T&T
Clark, 2004.
Reviews
by David DuToit and John Painter, Review of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
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Focant, Camille, L'évangile selon Marc.
Cerf, 2004.
Review by Sean Kealy in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Levine,
Amy-Jill, ed., A Feminist Companion to
Mark. Pilgrim, 2004.
Review
by Heike Omerzu
in SBL's Review of Biblical
Literature. |
| Maloney, Elliott C., Jesus' Urgent Message for Today: The Kingdom of God
in Mark's Gospel. Continuum, 2004.
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Review by Robert Lewis in
SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Frank J. Matera
in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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| Miller, Susan, Women in Mark's Gospel. T&T Clark, 2004.
Review by
Betsy Bauman-Martin, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
| Moloney, Francis J., Mark:
Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Hendrickson, 2004.
Reviews
by William Campbell and Heike Omerzu, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
| Rhoads, David,
Reading Mark, Engaging the
Gospel. Fortress, 2004.
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Reviews
by Ira Driggers, Joseph Verheyden and Sean
Kealy, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
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Review by Barbara E. Reid, Currents in Theology and Mission,
2005. |
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| Roskam, Hendrika N., The Purpose
of the Gospel of Mark in Its Historical and Social Context. Brill,
2004.
Review by Zeba Crook, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
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| 2005:
| Sabin, Marie. The Gospel
According to Mark. Liturgical Press, 2005.
Review
by Pieter J.J. Botha, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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| 2006:
| Boring, M. Eugene, Mark: A
Commentary. Westminster John Knox, 2006.
Review by Darrell L. Bock, Review of Biblical Literature,
2007. |
| Foley, John Miles, Performing the
Gospel: Orality, Memory and Mark: Essays Dedicated to Werner Kelber.
Fortress, 2006.
Review
by Alan Kirk, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
| Hatina, Thomas R., ed.,
Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels: Vol 1: The
Gospel of Mark. T&T Clark, 2006.
Review by David du Toit, Review of Biblical Literature,
2008. |
| Patella, Michael, Lord of the
Cosmos: Mithras, Paul, and the Gospel of Mark. T&T Clark, 2006.
Review
by James G. Crossley, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
| VanOyen, Geert and Tom
Shepherd, eds., The Trial and Death of Jesus: Essays on the
Passion Narrative in Mark. Peeters, 2006.
Review by Adam D. Winn, Review of Biblical Literature,
2008. |
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| 2007:
| Driggers, Ira Brent,
Following God through Mark: Theological Tension in the Second Gospel.
Westminster John Knox, 2007.
Review by Elliott Maloney, Review of Biblical Literature,
2008. |
| Fullmer, Paul M.,
Resurrection in mark's Literary-Historical Perspective. T&T
Clark, 2007.
Review by John Dart, Review of Biblical Literature, 1008. |
| Kenney, Garrett C., Mark's
Gospel: Lectures and Lessons. University Press of America, 2007.
Review by Tom Shepherd, Review of Biblical Literature,
2007. |
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