The tragic in Mark
Subtitle: a literary-historical interpretation
By: Jeff Jay
Series: Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie -- 66; Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie -- 66.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783161532443
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Markusevangelium; Narrative Criticism; Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Tragik
Description: Jeff Jay argues that the Gospel of Mark should be described as tragic because it elicits tragedy's recurring motifs and moods as well as a highly theatrical atmosphere. He thus revises the typical story of tragic drama's history, which portrays the Judeo-Christian tradition as inhospitable to tragedy because it emphasizes divine grace and justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 269-319).
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: II. Interpreting the tragic as a mode of Greco-Roman literature.; title: III. A typology of the tragic mode.; title: IV. Interpreting the tragic as a mode of early Jewish literature.; title: V. Interpreting the tragic as a mode in the Gospel of Mark.; title: VI. The tragic in John's story.; title: VII. The tragic in the Passion.; title: VIII. Conclusion: Tragic theory revisited.