The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780300080124
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the New Testament; Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval; New Testament - Single Book Studies; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Christianity - Methodist; Religion / Bible / Criticism, Interpretation / New Testament; Biblical Studies - General; Bible; Bible.; Extra-canonical parallels; Greek literature; Homer; Homer.; Iliad; Mark; N.T; N.T.; Relation to the New Testament
Description: "In this book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers a new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues.

Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognize the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus, Mark was composing a prose anti-epic, MacDonald says, presenting Jesus as a suffering hero modeled after but far superior to traditional Greek heroes."--BOOK JACKET.