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Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context of Early Judaism

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Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context of Early Judaism - Sabin, Marie Noonan
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Sabin sets the composition of Mark in the context of the religious discourse of first-century Judaism, which took the form of an exchange betwen current events and Scripture. She sees Mark as an original theologian shaping his material out two primary Jewish traditions: the Wisdom traditions, with their emphasis on God's presence in daily life, and Creation theology, which imagined the End Time as a return to the Garden. Juxtaposing her findings to interpretations from the church fathers and from the twentieth century, she ...

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Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context of Early Judaism 2011, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199895748

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Reopening the Word: Reading Mark as Theology in the Context of Early Judaism 2002, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195143591

Hardcover