Mark at the threshold : applying Bakhtinian categories to Markan characterisation / by Geoff R. Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, Geoff R.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 95.

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.

Bakhtin, M. M.

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The discussion concerning Markan characterisation (and Markan genre) can be helpfully informed by Bakhtinian categories. This book uses the twin foci of chronotope and carnival to examine specific characters in terms of different levels of dialogue. Various passages in Mark are examined, and thresholds are noted between interindividual character-zones, and between the hearing-reader and text-voices. Several generic contacts are shown to have shaped the text’s ‘genre-memory’ – in particular, the Graeco-Roman popular literature of the ancient world. The resultant picture is of an earthy, populist Gospel whose “voices” resonate with the “vulgar” classes, and whose spirituality is refreshingly relevant to everyday concerns.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / G.R. Webb

Introduction / G.R. Webb

Chapter One. Bakhtinian Categories—Dialogue, Genre-Memory, Chronotope And Carnival / G.R. Webb

Chapter Two. ‘Adventure’ Chronotope And Comic Carnival In Mark 1–8 / G.R. Webb

Chapter Three. ‘Threshold ’ Chronotope And Comic Carnival In Mark 6:14–29 And 16:1–8 / G.R. Webb

Chapter Four. ‘Road’ Chronotope And Comic Carnival In Mark 8–10 / G.R. Webb

Chapter Five. ‘Threshold ’ Chronotope And Tragic Carnival In Mark 14:43–15:41 / G.R. Webb

A Not-So-Final Conclusion / G.R. Webb

Bibliography / G.R. Webb

Subject Index / G.R. Webb

Author Index / G.R. Webb

Scripture Index / G.R. Webb.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-262) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-06100-7

9786613061003

90-474-3361-0

OCLC:

706507128

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004167742.i-276 DOI