The primary object of these commentaries is to be exegetical, to interpret the meaning of each book of the Bible in the light of modern knowledge to English readers. The Editors will not deal, exce…
Mark’s genius lies, not in telling a story about Jesus, but in creating conditions under which the reader may experience the peculiar quality of God’s good news. The Evangelist hurries one alon…
In this redaction-critical analysis of Mark 1-13, Professor Kelber offers a new thesis concerning the genesis of the oldest Christian Gospel. Although it is generally assumed that Mark was written …
In this book Reiser examines important questions that Mark raises, questions that bear heavily on adult Christian spirituality. He demonstrates that what is of importance in reading and understandi…
The Gospel of Mark paints an important portrait of Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah. Mark’s account also makes clear how Jesus’s kingship confounds public expectations by emphasizing his hu…
This Guides are tailor-made for group study leaders and members and are also ideal for personal devotional use. They provide a concise summary and lively application of each passage, with pointed q…
This engaging study examines the considerable attention Mark's Gospel gives to Jesus confrontation with temptation, not only during his time in the wilderness but throughout the whole course of his…
This book examines the whole of Mark's gospel in order to ascertian if there is, indeed, an explanation for Mark's use of apparently contradictory literary devices. The author learned study of this…
What if the story of Jesus was meant not just to be told but retold, molded, and shaped into something new, something present by the Evangelist to face each new crisis? The Evangelists were not rec…