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Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark by Dennis R. MacDonald (2000, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300172613

ISBN-139780300172614

eBay Product ID (ePID)99554136

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

Publication NameHomeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

SubjectPoetry, Ancient & Classical, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament

TypeTextbook

AuthorDennis R. Macdonald

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

TitleLeadingThe

SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognize the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark was composing a prose anti-epic, MacDonald says, presenting Jesus as a suffering hero modeled after but far superior to traditional Greek heroes. Much like Odysseus, Mark's Jesus sails the seas with uncomprehending companions, encounters preternatural opponents, and suffers many things before confronting rivals who have made his house a den of thieves. In his death and burial, Jesus emulates Hector, although unlike Hector Jesus leaves his tomb empty. Mark's minor characters, too, recall Homeric predecessors: Bartimaeus emulates Tiresias; Joseph of Arimathea, Priam; and the women at the tomb, Helen, Hecuba, and Andromache. And, entire episodes in Mark mirror Homeric episodes, including stilling the sea, walking on water, feeding the multitudes, the Triumphal Entry, and Gethsemane. The book concludes with a discussion of the profound significance of this new reading of Mark for understanding the gospels and early Christianity.