Mark: An Introduction and Study Guide

This Guide reads the Gospel of Mark as a 1st-century CE story about Jesus, for his followers, and against tyranny or the abusive use of power.

First, the book shows students how the Gospel uses the form of a traditional laudatory biography (a ''Life'') to reshape the memory of the shame-ridden trials and suffering of Jesus. Such a biography portrayed Jesus'' descent (as a son of God), his deeds, a...