Mark : a commentary / M. Eugene Boring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boring, M. Eugene.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

New Testament library

The New Testament library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Mark--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Mark.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2006]

Summary:

The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text. The editorial board consists of C. Clifton Black and John T. Carroll. The first New Testament Library volume to focus on a Gospel, this commentary offers a careful reading of the book of Mark. Internationally respected interpreter M. Eugene Boring brings a lifetime of research into the Gospels and Jesus into this lively discussion of the first Gospel. Like all NTL volumes, this volume provides state-of-the-art biblical scholarship along with theological sensitivity.

Contents:

1 Story 1

2 Structure 4

3 Genre 6

5 Date 14

6 Provenance 15

8 Purpose 21

9 Text and Transmission 22

10 Language, Translation, and Interpretation 23

1:1-15 Title and Prologue 29

1:1 The Author's Title 29

1:2-15 The Markan Prologue 33

1:2-3 Transcendent Prelude: The Messenger, the Lord, and the Way 34

Excursus: The Way 37

1:4-8 John the Baptizer: Preaching and Baptizing in the Wilderness 38

1:9-15 Jesus of Nazareth: Baptized, Tested in the Wilderness, and Preaching 43

1:9-11 Baptism: God Reveals Jesus as His Son and Empowers Him with the Spirit 43

1:12-13 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 46

1:14-15 Ministry in Galilee 49

Excursus: Kingdom of God 51

Part 1 Galilee 1:16-8:21 55

1:16-3:35 Authority, Rejection, and the New Community 57

1:16-3:6 Acting with Authority 57

1:16-20 The Call of the Disciples 57

1:21-34 The Day of the Lord 61

1:35-39 Ministry in All Galilee 67

1:40-45 The Cleansing of the Leper 69

2:1-3:6 Authority and Conflict 73

2:1-12 Healing and Forgiveness 74

2:13-17 Calling Sinners and Eating with Them 78

2:18-22 Now and Later; Old and New 83

2:23-28 Keeping the Sabbath Holy: Jesus Challenged and Warned 87

3:1-6 Keeping the Sabbath Holy: Jesus Persists and Is Condemned 92

3:7-12 International Multitudes, the Sick, and the Demonized and Jesus' Response 96

3:13-19 The Choosing of the Twelve 99

3:20-35 God's Kingdom and Family 103

4:1-34 Central Discourse of Part 1: Parables and Mystery of the Kingdom of God 111

4:1-2 The Markan Setting 114

4:3-9 Seed Parable 1: "The Sower" 115

4:10-12 The Markan "Parable Theory" -First Statement 119

4:13-20 Interpretation of "The Sower" 128

4:21-25 Markan "Parable Theory" -Second Statement: "Parables about Parables" 132

4:26-29 Seed Parable 2: "The Seed Growing Secretly" 136

4:30-32 Seed Parable 3: "The Mustard Seed" 138

4:33-34 The Markan "Parable Theory" -Third Statement 140

4:35-8:21 Crossing Borders 142

4:35-41 Stilling the Storm 142

5:1-20 The Gerasene Demoniac 147

5:21-43 Jairus's Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage 155

6:1-6a Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth 163

6:6b-30 Mission of the Twelve and the Death of John the Baptist 167

Excursus: Crowds, Followers, Disciples, and the Twelve 167

6:31-14 Five Thousand Are Fed 179

6:45-52 The Walking on the Sea 187

6:53-56 Healings at Gennesaret 191

Excursus: Miracle Stories in Mark 192

Amount and Distribution 193

Event and Interpretation 193

Pre-Markan Tradition and Interpretation 194

Markan Interpretation 194

7:1-23 Defilement-Traditional and Real 196

Excursus: Jesus the Teacher versus the Scribes 205

7:24-30 The Syrophoenician Woman 206

7:31-37 Jesus Heals a Man Who Was Deaf and Impaired in Speech 215

8:1-9 Four Thousand Are Fed 218

8:10-13 No Sign Whatsoever 221

8:14-21 The Leaven of the Pharisees and the Unleavened Bread of Jesus 224

The "Way": Galilee to Jerusalem 8:22-10:52 229

From Blindness to Sight 231

8:22-26 A Blind Man Is Healed at Bethsaida 232

8:27-9:1 Christology, Discipleship, and First Passion Prediction 234

Excursus: Markan Christology 248

Titles, Designations, and Images 249

Titular Christology: Summary 257

Narrative Christology: Summary 258

9:2-13 The Transfiguration and Discussion about Elijah 259

Excursus: The Messianic Secret 264

9:14-29 Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by a Spirit 271

9:30-32 Jesus Foretells His Passion Again 276

9.33-50 The Meaning of Discipleship, Second Version 278

10:1-31 Discipleship, Family, Society 284

10:1-12 Discipleship, Marriage, and Divorce 285

10:13-16 Discipleship and Children 288

10:17-31 Discipleship, Property, and Family 290

10:32-45 The Third Prediction of the Passion and the Argument about Precedence among the Disciples 297

10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus Healed at Jericho 304

Part 2 Jerusalem 11:1-15:47 309

Temple, Confrontation, and Death 311

11:1-13:4 The Lord Comes to His Temple 313

11:1-11 The Veiled Messianic Procession 313

11:12-25 Barren Temple, Withered Fig Tree, and a House of Prayer for All People 316

11:27-33 The Question about Authority 325

12:1-12 Those Responsible for the Lord's Vineyard Reject the Son, Who Is Vindicated by God 327

12:13-17 The Question about Taxes Paid to a Pagan Government 333

12:18-27 The Question about the Resurrection 337

12:28-34 The Question about the Great Commandment 342

12:35-37 Is David's Lord the "Son of David"? 347

12:38-40 Woe to the Scribes 349

12:41-44 True Piety in Contrast to False 351

13:1-4 Leaving the Temple; Its Coming Destruction 353

13:5-37 Central Discourse of Part 2: Historical Troubles and the Coming of the Son of Man 356

Interpreting the Apocalyptic Discourse 356

13:5-23 I. The End Is Not Yet 360

13:24-27 II. The End Will Come 371

13:28-37 III. When? 373

14:1-15:47 Trial and Death 378

14:1-11 Betrayal and Anointing 379

14:12-25 Passover and Eucharist 385

14:26-31 Predictions of Suffering and Scattering, Resurrection and Regathering 392

14:32-52 Jesus Prays, Is Arrested; Disciples Sleep, Abandon Him 395

Excursus: Mark and the Scriptures 404

14:53-72 Trial before the Sanhedrin: Jesus' Confession and Peter's Denial 408

15:1-15 Trial before Pilate 416

15:16-39 Jesus Is Mocked and Crucified 422

15:40-47 Jesus Is Buried 435

16:1-8 Epilogue: Resurrection and Mission: Back to Galilee 441

Alternative Endings 451.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xv]-xxxvii) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0664221076

9780664221072

OCLC:

69028556

Publisher Number:

9780664221072