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Fear, Anomaly, and Uncertainty in the Gospel of Mark
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Douglas Geyer's illuminating analysis of Mark 4:35-6:56 explains why the Gospel ends as it does in the earliest manuscripts-abruptly, at 16:8, with the words, "for they were afraid." This ending, with women fleeing the empty tomb in "trembling and astonishment," has long been considered "problematic," and, in the several attempts to rewrite it, Mark 16 has become a source of unending mischief. Geyer's work draws on a vast literature of fear, anomaly, terror, and dread in the ancient world to demonstrate that this ending is a consistent, overriding theme of Mark's Gospel.
In Mark we see and hear the story of Jesus through the eyes and ears of the Roman world. Geyer brings to bear the literature of that world in a way that helps his readers to understand what Mark is doing and how the story that Mark tells continues to touch his readers and hearers ancient and modern (and "postmodern"). Geyer guides the reader through a vast and uncharted primary literature, demonstrating its relevance for New Testament study. In so doing he clearly proposes a fresh and original understanding of Mark that cuts across many of the critical controversies and renews its purpose and usefulness as "good news"-Gospel-for the terrors and uncertainties of our own time.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 1. Mark and Violent Death: Crucifixion as Horror and Riddle
Chapter 3 2. The Anomalous Frightful: What It Is and What It Means
Chapter 4 3. Not Having the Answer Is the Answer: How to Read Mark, to See Why
Chapter 5 4. Mark 4:35-41: Jesus Stills a Dangerous Sea
Chapter 6 5. Mark 5:1-20: A Demoniac Legion
Chapter 7 6. Mark 5:21-43: Uterine Affliction and the Death of a Maiden
Chapter 8 7. Mark 6:1-13-30-31: Without Honor in the Ilarpic; Traveling among the Oikiai of Others
Chapter 9 8. Mark 6:14-29: Antipas, John, and Fear of Retaliation Because of Violent Death
Chapter 10 9. Mark 6:32-44: Temporary Largesse in the Desert
Chapter 11 10. Mark 6:45-53: Jesus, Walking on the Ocean, Appears as a Ghost
Chapter 12 11. Waking up to Uncertainty, Growing Aware of the Uncanny,...and Following Jesus
Chapter 13 Appendix A: Redeeming, Violent Death in Hellenistic Literature
Chapter 14 Appendix B: Ancient Reading of Narrative and Plot
Chapter 15 Appendix C: "Waters of Death"
Chapter 16 Appendix D: Chains and Haunted Houses
Chapter 17 Appendix E: Divinities Affecting Women
Chapter 18 Appendix F: Gynecological Health
Chapter 19 Appendix G: Families of Holy Men
Chapter 20 Appendix H: Nouoc Euvuxoc
Chapter 21 Appendix I: Tree and Water
Chapter 22 Appendix J: Sea Stories
Chapter 23 Appendix K: Mythographic Geography
Chapter 24 Bibliography
Chapter 25 Subject Index
Chapter 26 Ancient Author and Title Index
Chapter 27 Modern Author Index
Chapter 28 Greek, Latin, and Other Terms Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 01 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780810842021 |
| Imprint | Scarecrow Press |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | ATLA Monograph Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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