Gospel According to Mark : The English Text With Introduction, Exposition, and Notes

Lane, William

ISBN 10: 0802825028 / ISBN 13: 9780802825025

Published by Eerdmans, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gospel According to Mark : The English Text With Introduction, Exposition, and Notes
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802825028
• ISBN 13: 9780802825025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This widely praised commentary by William Lane shows Mark to be a theologian whose primary aim was to strengthen the people of God in a time of fiery persecution by Nero. Using redaction criticism as a hermeneutical approach for understanding the text and the intention of the evangelist, Lane considers the Gospel of Mark as a total literary work and describes Mark's creative role in shaping the Gospel tradition and in exercising a conscious theological purpose.

Both indicating how the text was heard by Mark's contemporaries and studying Mark within the frame of reference of modern Gospel research, Lane's thoroughgoing work is at once useful to scholars and intelligible to nonspecialists.

From the Back Cover

While based on a thorough study of the Greek text, the commentary introductions and expositions contain a minimum of Greek references. The NICNT authors evaluate significant textual problems and take into account the most important exegetical literature. More technical aspects--such as grammatical, textual, and historical problems--are dealt with in footnotes, special notes, and appendixes.