The Gospel of Mark includes a series of similar episodes in which he presents minor characters and their response to Jesus. These individuals are neither disciples nor opponents of Jesus but rather people who are drawn, in a broad sense, from the crowd. Mark presents these characters either as suppliants or as those who exemplify a proper response to Jesus and his way. The purpose of this narrative study is to explore the effect of Mark's presentation of minor characters on the reader. It traces Mark's treatment of these ...
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The Gospel of Mark includes a series of similar episodes in which he presents minor characters and their response to Jesus. These individuals are neither disciples nor opponents of Jesus but rather people who are drawn, in a broad sense, from the crowd. Mark presents these characters either as suppliants or as those who exemplify a proper response to Jesus and his way. The purpose of this narrative study is to explore the effect of Mark's presentation of minor characters on the reader. It traces Mark's treatment of these individuals through the narrative and shows how Mark's presentation of minor characters moves the reader toward an acceptance of the demands of following Jesus.
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Minor rubbing. VG. 22x14 cm, 231 pp., Series: Journal for the Study of the New Testament. Supplement Series, 102. Contents: Narrative analogy & its function; Character and characterization; The implied reader and characterization; Minor characters in Mark 1.1-3.35; 4.1-8.21; 8.22-10.45; Bartimaeus as an exemplary figure; Bartimaeus as a transitional figure; Minor characters following the Bartimaeus narrative: Mark 11.1-13.37; Mark 14.1-16.8.
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