Between Script and Scripture: Performance Criticism and Mark's Characterization of the Disciples

Eberhart, Zach Preston

ISBN 10: 9004691723 / ISBN 13: 9789004691728

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2024

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236 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Script and Scripture: Performance Criticism and Mark's Characterization of the Disciples
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004691723
• ISBN 13: 9789004691728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.79 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume reimagines the first-century reception of the Gospel of Mark within a reconstructed (yet hypothetical) performance event. In particular, it considers the disciples' character and characterization through the lens of performance criticism. Questions concerning the characterization of the disciples have been relatively one-sided in New Testament scholarship, in favor of their negative characterization. This project demonstrates why such assumptions need not be necessary when we (re-)consider the oral/aural milieu in which the Gospel of Mark was first composed and received by its earliest audiences.

About the Author

Zechariah Eberhart, Ph.D. (2023), Loyola University Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Point University.