Title: Nonviolent story : narrative conflict resolution in the Gospel of Mark /
Authors: Beck, Robert R.
Publisher: Orbis Books,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Nonviolence; Violence in the Bible.; Narration in the Bible.
Contents: Louis L'Amour and the myth of constructive violence -- The freedom medalist -- The narrative form: History and the yarn ; The yarn and the agon ; The agon as narrative -- The narrative outlook -- Civilizing violence: Men, women, and violence ; Menace of violence -- Myth and the narrative quality of violence -- Gospel: An alternative story?: Two versions of reality -- 2. On reading ancient texts -- The absent writer: An urgent message from the evangelist ; Opaque texts -- Genre: The historical versus the literary projects ; The problem of unshared cultural contexts ; Popular narrative -- Narrative criticism and the gospel: Story and discourse ; Plot and conflict -- 3. The gospel as agon -- A case for Mark's plot -- The main form: Blocking the action: Two beginnings ; Cleansing actions: synagogue and temple ; Anointing actions -- The dramatic movement of the plot -- Act 1: The first week ; Acts 2: The new family ; Act 3: Feeding the multitude and other stories ; Act 4: The road to the city ; Recapitulation: The time of rising action in Mark's gospel ; Act 5: The temple action as the narrative climax ; Prophetic dismantling ; Act 6: Within the times of anointing -- 4. The symbolism of power