A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark: Comparisons with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Schrolls, and Rabbinic Literature (New Testament Gospels in Their Judaic Contexts): 1 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004179739 ISBN 13: 9789004179738

Publisher: Brill, 2009

Synopsis

This handbook addresses the Judaic context of the Gospel according to Mark. Mark's text is compared to distinct categories of writings, Pseudepigrapha (together with Philo and Josephus), discoveries related to Qumran, Rabbinic Literature (as well as the Targumim), and examples of Aramaic language that reflect first-century usage.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Chilton, Ph.D. (1976) in Divinity, the University of Cambridge, is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College. He is a scholar of early Christianity and Judaism.
Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D. in Divinity (New Testament, The University of Aberdeen) is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also has done post-doctorial work as a Humboldt scholar at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Daniel M. Gurtner is Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary (St Paul, Minnesota, USA).
Jacob Neusner is Professor of Judaic Studies, Bard College.
Lawrence H. Schiffman is Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.

From the Back Cover

This comparative handbook is intended to provide scholars of the New Testament with detailed, systematic and accurate resources concerning the Judaic context of the gospel of Mark. It aims to serve as a powerful tool to assist the reader - and commentator - in understanding and commenting on the gospel of Mark. Introductions are provided to help with issues of dating and the development of the literatures concerned. Possible interpretations are also presented, where suitable.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004179739
• ISBN 13: 9789004179738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Chilton Bruce D, Bock Dr Darrell, Gurtner Daniel, Neusner PhD Professor Of Religion Jacob, Schiffman Lawrence