A Poetic Discontent Austin Farrer and the Gospel of Mark

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Foundations - The Glass of Vision .......5 The Lectures.........7 Evaluation .......10 Summary of the main Questions raised by the Glass of Vision for Farrer`s Treatment of the Gospel according to mark ............17 2. Mark as Literature ...............19 A study in st. mark ............22 General Conclusions on Farrer`s Thesis and Method in a study in st. Mark ....................54 Austin farrer and his critics ...........62 mark`s Literary critics : Rhoads, Dewey and Michie .........83 Mark as Literature ........100 3. Mark as History .............103 Reading mark Historically .............104 Mark`s Original Audience .......113 Mark`s work ...........125 The pre-History of Mark ...........146 Mark: A window on Event .........161 mark as History : Conclusions ...........187 4. Mark as Scripture ..........193 Scripture and the action of God ............196 Farrer and the Canon .....................198 mark as Scripture .....204