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

Zach Preston Eberhart

ISBN 10: 9004691723 / ISBN 13: 9789004691728

Published by Brill, NL, 2024

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Script and Scripture: Performance Criticism and Mark's Characterization of the Disciples
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004691723
• ISBN 13: 9789004691728
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 2.03H x 22.86D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 2.03 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 544 grams

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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.