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Description
M. John-Patrick O'Connor proposes that - in contrast to recent contemporary scholarship that rarely focuses on the ethical implications of discipleship and Christology - Mark's Gospel, as our earliest life of Jesus, presents a theological description of the moral life.
Arguing for Mark's ethical validity in comparison to Matthew and Luke, O'Connor begins with an analysis of the moral environment of ancient biographies, exploring what types of Jewish and Greco-Romanic conceptions of morality found their way into Hellenistic biographies. Turning to the Gospel's own examples of morality, O'Connor examines moral accountability according to Mark, including moral reasoning, the nature of a world in conflict, and accountability in both God's family and to God's authority. He then turns to images of the accountable self, including an analysis of virtues and virtuous practices within the Gospel. O'Connor concludes with the personification of evil, human responsibility, punitive consequences, and evil's role in Mark's moral landscape.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One: A Neglected Factor in Markan Studies
Chapter Two: The Moral Environment of Ancient Biographies
Chapter Three: Moral Accountability According to Mark
Chapter Four: The Accountable Self According to Mark
Chapter Five: Evil in the Gospel of Mark
Conclusion
Bibliography
Product details
Published | 30 Nov 2023 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 216 |
ISBN | 9780567705624 |
Imprint | T&T Clark |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
Series | The Library of New Testament Studies |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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