The Godman and the sea : the empty tomb, the trauma of the Jews, and the Gospel of Mark / Michael J. Thate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thate, Michael J., 1978- author.

Series:

Divinations: rereading late ancient religion.

Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Influence--Psychology.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Psychology.

Bible.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Psychology.

Church history.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Drawing on trauma theory, philosophical and literary themes in the western cultural canon, and historical context, Michael J. Thate presents a reading of the Gospel of Mark as an exemplary text that responds to and makes meaning of the trauma arising from the crucified and missing body of Jesus.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Somewhere in the Unfinished: Approaching a Markan Sentiment

Chapter 2. On Beginnings and Bodies: Mark, Mythopoesis, and Posttraumatic Social Formations

Chapter 3. A Theater for Action: The Social Sea and Mark's Mythic Crossings

Chapter 4. The Memory of Almost Drowning: Hostile Spirits, Slumbering Gods, and Eerie Calms

Chapter 5. Binding Boundless Waters? Out of the Tomb and into the Sea

Chapter 6. The Enchafed Sea: Ships of Separation or Trampled Dragons?

Chapter 7. Tragic Vision: Toward a Political Sentiment of the Unfinished

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812296396

0812296397

OCLC:

1128704108