Description: First Biography of Jesus : Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel, Paperback by Bond, Helen K., ISBN 0802884474, ISBN-13 9780802884473, Brand New, Free shipping in the US What difference does it make to identify Mark's gospel as an ancient biography? Reading the gospels as ancient biographies makes a profound difference to the way that we interpret them. Biography immortalizes the memory of the subject, creating a literary monument to the person’s life and teaching. Yet it is also a bid to legitimize a specific view of that figure and to position an author and his audience as appropriate “gatekeepers” of that memory. Biography was well suited to the articulation of shared values and commitments, the formation of group identity, and the binding together of a past story, present concerns, and future hopes. Helen Bond argues that Mark’s author used the genre of biography to extend the gospel from an earlier narrow focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus so that it included the way of life of its founding figure. Situating Jesus at the heart of a biography was a bold step in outlining a radical form of Christian discipleship patterned on the life – and death – of Jesus.
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Book Title: First Biography of Jesus : Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Helen K. Bond
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
