The Rhetoric of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

The Rhetoric of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
ISBN-10
1506438474
ISBN-13
9781506438474
Category
Religion
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2017-11-15
Publisher
Fortress Press
Authors
David M. Young, Michael Strickland

Description

Young and Strickland analyze the four largest discourses of Jesus in Mark in the context of Greco-Roman rhetoric in an attempt to hear them as a first-century audience would have heard them. The authors demonstrate that, contrary to what some historical critics have suggested, first-century audiences of Mark would have found the discourses of Jesus unified, well-integrated, and persuasive. They also show how these speeches of the Markan Jesus contribute to Mark‘s overall narrative accomplishments.

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