Title: Mark /
Authors: Oden, Thomas C.; Hall, Christopher A. 1950-
Publisher: InterVarsity Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Bible. Commentaries.; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Sources.; Fathers of the church.
Abstract: The early church valued the Gospel of Mark for its preservation of the apostolic voice and gospel narrative of Peter. Yet the early church fathers very rarely produced sustained commentary on Mark. This brisk-paced and robust little Gospel, so much enjoyed by modern readers, was overshadowed in the minds of the fathers by the magisterial Gospels of Matthew and John. But now with the assistance of computer searches, an abundance of comment has been discovered to be embedded and interleaved maid.st the textual archives of patristic homilies, apologies, letters, commentaries, theological treatises and hymnic verses.
Contents: General introduction -- A guide to using this commentary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to Mark -- Commentary -- Appendix: Method of investigation into the early exegesis of Mark -- Biographical sketches -- Timeline of writers of the patristic period.