| Sowing the Gospel: Mark's Work in Literary-Historical Perspective Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tolbert, Mary Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0800629744 ISBN-13: 9780800629748 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1996 Annotation: Mary Ann Tolbert, George H. Atkinson Professor of Biblical Studies at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, offers "one of the freshest interpretations of Mark's Gospel I have ever had the privilege to read. . . . It marks a milestone in the recent history of Markan research" (Jack Dean Kingsbury). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 226.306 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.92" W x 9.16" (1.05 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mark, says Tolbert, intends to sow abroad the good news of God's imminent coup d'etat over the murderous authorities of his generation, thus disclosing the good earth of God's kingdom before the final devastation of the cosmos and the coming of the Son of Man. Mark's purpose, she says, is not to provide data about Jesus or to debate ecclesiastical controversies but rather to persuade its hearers to have faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, to follow the way he forged into inevitable persecutions, and to become themselves sowers of the good news of God's kingdom. |
