Mark Images of an Apostolic Interpreter
- Minneapolis Fortress Press 2001
- 327p
- Studies on Personalities of the New Testament; 200100ENGGPS7 .
includes index and biblioraphy
PART 1: GLIMPSES OF MARK IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Chapter One: The Wayward Attache: Mark in the Acts of the Apostles 25 The Portrayal of Mark in Acts 26 Conclusion: John Mark in the Lukan Tradition 42 Chapter Two: A Beloved Junior Partner: Mark in New Testament Letters 50 The Pauline Tradition 50 The Petrine Tradition 60 Some Conclusions: The Different Portrayals of Mark in the New Testament 66 PART II: PORTRAITS OF MARK IN PATRISTIC CHRISTIANITY Chapter Three: Lineaments of an Apostolic Author: The Figure of Mark in the Second Century 77 Some Orientative Observations 78 The Apostolic Fathers 80 Papias of Hierapolis 82 Justin Martyr 94 Toward the Century`s End: Mark and His Gospel in Syria,Lyons, and Rome 96 Chapter Four: Sketches of an Apostolic Evangelist (I): The Figure of Mark in Western Christianity of the Third and Fourth Centuries 114 Stumpy-Fingered but Apostolic: Mark in Rome and Western Europe 115 Defender of the Faith or Obedient Epitomizer? Mark in North Africa 125 Chapter Five: Sketches of an Apostolic Evangelist (II): The Figure of Mark in Eastern Christianity of the Third and Fourth Centuries 136 Attendant to the Apostles: The Alexandrian Traditions 137 The Return of the Pauline Collaborator: The Syrian Traditions 149 An Imperfect Marriage: The Palestinian Traditions 156 Chapter Six: Gathering the Threads: A Patristic Conspectus 183 PART III: THE SECOND GOSPEL AND ITS EVANGELIST Chapter Seven: The Second Gospel and the Traditions about Mark (I): Evangelical Author and Petrine Authority 195 The Evangelist Mark as Author 197 Mark and Peter 201 A Limited Warranty 210 Chapter Eight: The Second Gospel and the Traditions about Mark (II): Ubiet Unde? 224 All Roads Lead to Rome? 224 Mark and Alexandria 238 Some Conclusions: The New Testament`s Gospel and the Fathers` Evangelist 238 Conclusion: Mark the Evangelist: Some Reflections out of Season 251 Personification and Apostolicity 252 The Evangelists on Jesus and the Fathers on Mark: Some Procedural Similarities 253 Jesus and Mark as Biographical Subjects 255 Select Bibliography 261 Index of Biblical and Ancient Sources 289 Index of Modern Authors 307 Index of Subjects 315