The Gospel on the Margins: The Reception of Mark in the Second Century

The Gospel on the Margins: The Reception of Mark in the Second Century
ISBN-10
1451490224
ISBN-13
9781451490220
Category
Religion
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Author
Michael J. Kok

Description

Despite virtually unanimous patristic association of the Gospel of Mark with the apostle Peter, the Gospel was mostly neglected by those same writers. Michael J. Kok surveys the second-century reception of Mark, from Papias of Hierapolis to Clement of Alexandria, and finds that the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace Mark because they perceived it to be too easily adapted to rival Christian factions. Kok describes the story of Mark's Petrine origins as a second-century move to assert ownership of the Gospel on the part of the emerging Orthodox Church.

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