The tragic in Mark : a literary-historical interpretation / Jeff Jay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jay, Jeff, 1978- author.

Series:

Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie ; 66.

Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Mark--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible. Mark.

Physical Description:

xi, 319 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]

Summary:

Jeff Jay argues that the Gospel of Mark should be described as tragic because it elicits tragedy's recurring motifs and moods as well as a highly theatrical atmosphere. He thus revises the typical story of tragic drama's history, which portrays the Judeo-Christian tradition as inhospitable to tragedy because it emphasizes divine grace and justice. (from the back cover)

Contents:

I. Introduction

II. Interpreting the tragic as a mode of Greco-Roman literature.

III. A typology of the tragic mode.

IV. Interpreting the tragic as a mode of early Jewish literature.

V. Interpreting the tragic as a mode in the Gospel of Mark.

VI. The tragic in John's story.

VII. The tragic in the Passion.

VIII. Conclusion: Tragic theory revisited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 269-319).

ISBN:

9783161532443

3161532449

OCLC:

890127187