Let the Reader Understand: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (The Library of New Testament Studies)

ISBN 10: 0567691942 / ISBN 13: 9780567691941

Published by Continuum International Publishing Group, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let the Reader Understand: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567691942
• ISBN 13: 9780567691941
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book honors the extraordinary contribution of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon to biblical studies. In the opening chapter, Werner Kelber places Malbon's work within the larger context of critical reflection, from antiquity to the modern era, on the role and function of discourse. Kelber locates Malbon's approach squarely within the framework of modernity and concludes that her “supremely creative achievement has been the employment of modern, narrative critical tools with a view toward uncovering the fecundity of the gospel of Mark.”

Drawing from and conversing with Professor Malbon's extensive publications, each of the five sections engages a theme from her works, focusing particularly on the Gospel of Mark. This tribute includes meaning as narrative, issues in methodology, studies in characterization, narrative readings of specific texts, and aesthetic and political readings. Contributors include: Werner H. Kelber; R. Alan Culpepper; Kelly R. Iverson; Mikeal C. Parsons; David Barr; David J.A. Clines; Robert C. Tannehill; J. Cheryl Exum; Heidi Hornik and Richard Walsh.

About the Authors

Edwin K. Broadhead is Professor of General Studies at Berea College, USA.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.