An edition of The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
(2000)
The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
by Dennis R. MacDonald
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"In this book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers a 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
2010, Yale University Press
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0300172613 9780300172614
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The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
May 2000, Yale University Press
Hardcover
in English
0300080123 9780300080124
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