Reading the beginning of Mark from the perspective of Greco-Roman education

How would a well-educated Christian of the first century have read and assessed the beginning of the Gospel of Mark (1:1–15)? Answering this question reveals much that readers today would otherwise miss. An educated Christian at that time meant being rhetorically trained and so this reader would hav...

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Main Author: Hock, Ronald F. 1944- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: [2017]
In: Perspectives in religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 291-309
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Markusevangelium 1,1-15 / Progymnasma / Rhetoric
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HC New Testament
TB Antiquity