A myth of innocence : Mark and Christian origins
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiii, 432 pages ; 24 cm
9780800621131, 9780800625498, 9788604590608, 0800621131, 0800625498, 8604590609
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I. Christian beginnings
the temple and the land of Palestine
Jesus in Galilee
the followers of Jesus
the congregations of the Christ
the patterns of social conflict
II. Stories in the gospel tradition
the parables of Jesus
the pronouncement stories
the miracle stories
III. Narratives of the passion
the entanglements of history and myth
the narrative designs
the compositional process
IV. The gospel according to Mark
the gospel as myth
the gospel as apocalypse
the gospel as parable
the gospel as paradigm
Conclusion: imagination and the myth of innocence
Appendices ; the pronouncement stories in Mark ; Linnemann: the traditions of the passion ; Dormeyer: the acts of the martyr ; the gospel of Mark: an overview
Includes indexes