A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark - Comparisons with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Scrolls, and Rabbinic Literature

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.

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Darrell Bock (Editor), Darrell L. Bock (Editor), Bruce Chilton (Editor), Bruce D Chilton (Editor), Bruce D. Chilton (Editor), Daniel Gurtner (Editor), Daniel M. Gurtner (Editor), Jacob Neusner (Editor), Lawrence Schiffman (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2012
• EAN: 9789004179738
• ISBN: 978-90-0-417973-8
• No. of pages: 596
• Weight: 1110 g
• Series: The New Testament Gospels in their Judaic Contexts; New Testament Gospels in Their
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias