Resurrection in Mark's literary-historical perspective /

Through a careful reading of several ancient texts such as Chariton's Callirhoe, Fullmer identifies an ancient storytelling convention with roots in the Homeric tradition in which narratives of death and revival accentuate significant points in a story and relates them to Mark's Gospel

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fullmer, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2007
London ; New York : 2007
Series:Library of New Testament studies ; 360
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Library of New Testament studies ; 360
Library of New Testament studies 360
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the goal of the study
  • Part I: Prolegomena
  • The Gospel of Mark as novelistic literature
  • Resurrection as a popular theme
  • Part II: Texts: Resurrection in Mark's literary-historical context
  • Resurrection in novelistic Hellenistic & Homeric literature
  • Resurrection in the Prophetic and Hellenistic literature of Judaism
  • Resurrection in the Gospel of Mark
  • Part III: Theory: Implications for interpretation
  • Literary and historical implications
  • Introduction: the goal of the study
  • Part I: Prolegomena
  • The Gospel of Mark as novelistic literature
  • Resurrection as a popular theme
  • Part II: Texts: Resurrection in Mark's literary-historical context
  • Resurrection in novelistic Hellenistic and Homeric literature
  • Resurrection in the Prophetic and Hellenistic literature of Judaism
  • Resurrection in the Gospel of Mark
  • Part III: Theory: Implications for interpretation
  • Literary and historical implications