Product Description: Despite contributions from current literary and social-scientific approaches to Mark's Gospel, much exciting work remains to be done from the perspectives of the history of religions and tradition-history. Collins' assessment of the major turning points in Mark's narrative sheds light on its characteristic themes and open questions...read more

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This volume deals with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic texts and movements from the second century BCE through the fourth century CE. It focuses on two major themes, cosmology and eschatology; that is, views of structure of the universe including its religious function and interpretations of history and the future. The detailed historical and literary analysis of these themes are introduced by an essay on the cultural gap between the original contexts of these texts and those of readers today and how that gap may be bridged. The book deals with the interrelations between post-biblical Judaism and early Christianity. The relevant Jewish texts and history are discussed thoroughly in their own right. The Christian material is approached in a way which shows both its continuity with Jewish tradition and its distinctiveness.

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Product Description: Despite contributions from current literary and social-scientific approaches to Mark's Gospel, much exciting work remains to be done from the perspectives of the history of religions and tradition-history. Collins' assessment of the major turning points in Mark's narrative sheds light on its characteristic themes and open questions...read more

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Product Description: Misunderstanding abounds concerning this strange and complex book of the New Testament.This interpretation is written in the conviction that the key to understanding this work is its literary form: revelatory narrative and allegorical narrative...read more