Mark (BN3001W)

Content

This unit provides a thorough study of Mark’s Gospel, including its theological and literary character, its wider Jewish and Greco-Roman context and connections and an overview of recent trends in Markan studies. A range of exegetical tools will be used to explore interpretive approaches to the Gospel of Mark, with particular emphasis on the way in which an understanding of community, mission and ethics is revealed in the narrative

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Introductory unit in NT (BN1001W or equivalent) plus one other biblical unit

Pedagogy

lectures, discussion, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Byrne, Brendan. A Costly freedom: A theological reading of Mark’s Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008).
• Broadhead, Edwin K. Mark. Readings: A New Biblical Commentary (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2009, 2nd edition).
• Donahue, John R. & Daniel J. Harrington. The Gospel of Mark (Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 2002).
• Leander, Hans. Discourses of Empire. The Gospel of Mark from a Postcolonial Perspective (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2013).
• Levine, Amy-Jill (ed.) A Feminist Companion to Mark (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).
• Malbon, Elizabeth. Hearing Mark: A listener’s guide (Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans, 2002).
• Marcus, Joel. Mark 1-8 and 81-16. (2 vols). Anchor Bible Commentary (New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2002/2009).
• Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of Mark. A commentary (Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2002).
• Myers, Ched. Binding the Strong Man. A political reading of Mark’s story of Jesus (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1988).
• Rhoades, David, Joanna Dewey & Donald Michie. Mark as Story. An introduction to the narrative of a Gospel. 2nd edn. (Minneapolis MN: Fortress Press, 1999).
• Webb, Geoff R. Mark at the Threshold (Leiden: Brill, 2008).
• Witherington, Ben. The Gospel of Mark. A socio-rhetorical commentary (Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans, 2001).

Assessment