Between Author and Audience in Mark: Narration, Characterization, Interpretation (New Testament Monographs)

Malbon, Elizabeth Struthers (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1906055602 / ISBN 13: 9781906055608

Published by Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009

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212 pages. 9.30x6.10x0.90 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Author and Audience in Mark: Narration, Characterization, Interpretation (New Testament Monographs)
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906055602
• ISBN 13: 9781906055608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

The first three essays in this volume move in different ways between real and implied Markan realities: from implied audience to real (ancient) audience, from real (contemporary, oral) narrator to implied (ancient, oral) narrator, and from implied audience to various real (or 'unimplied') audiences. The next three essays treat the central Markan reality of parable as it connects author, narrator, and audience in challenging ways. The final three essays concern the relation of Mark's characters among themselves or the relation of narrator and character, recognizing the complexity of characterization in the Gospel as a form of communication between author and audience.

About the Author

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon is Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her published works include "Mark's Jesus" and "In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel".