Reading Mark: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Second Gospel

by Sharyn Echols Dowd

Dowd examines the Gospel of Mark from literary and theological perspectives, suggesting what the text may have meant to its first-century audience of Gentile and Jewish Christians. Mark is a Greco-Roman biography of Jesus written in an apocalyptic mode. Its theology is based on the message of the prophet Isaiah -- the proclamation of release from bondage and a march toward freedom along the "way of the Lord."

Genres: Religion

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

Reviews

[James Davisson]

This is a really great resource. Well organized and finely observed, with special attention to Mark's many structural intricacies and unique qualities.