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    • Authors

      Thomas C. Oden +1

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Intervarsity Press (IVP)

    • Published

      July 2005

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      Mark

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      Product Description

      The early church valued the Gospel of Mark for its preservation of the apostolic voice and gospel narrative of Peter. Yet the early church fathers very rarely produced sustained commentary on Mark. This brisk-paced and robust little Gospel, so much enjoyed by modern readers, was overshadowed in the minds of the fathers by the magisterial Gospels of Matthew and John.

      But now with the assistance of computer searches, an abundance of comment has been discovered to be embedded and interleaved amidst the textual archives of patristic homilies, apologies, letters, commentaries, theological treatises and hymnic verses.

      In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Mark, the insights of Augustine of Hippo and Clement of Alexandria, Ephrem the Syrian and Cyril of Jerusalem join in a polyphony of interpretive voices of the Eastern and Western church from the second century to the seventh. St. Mark's Gospel displays the evocative power of its story, parables and passion as it ignites a brilliant exhibit of theological insight and pastoral wisdom.

      The Ancient Christian Commentary on Mark (now in its second edition) opens up a long-forgotten passage through the arid and precipitous slopes of post-Enlightenment critical interpretation and bears us along to a fertile valley basking in the sunshine of theological and spiritual interpretation. In these pages we enter the interpretive world that long nurtured the great premodern pastors, theologians and saints of the church.

      "The conspectus of patristic exposition that this series offers has been badly needed for several centuries, and the whole Christian world should unite to thank IVP for undertaking to fill the gap. For the ongoing ecumenical conversation, and the accurate

      Specification

      • Authors

        Thomas C. Oden +1

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Intervarsity Press (IVP)

      • Published

        July 2005

      • Edition

        2nd

      • Weight

        800g

      • Page Count

        320

      • Dimensions

        193 x 262 x 36 mm

      • ISBN

        9780830814183

      • ISBN-10

        0830814183

      • Eden Code

        3961955

      More Information

      • ISBN: 9780830814183

      • Publisher: Intervarsity Press (IVP)

      • Release Date: July 2005

      • Weight: 800g

      • Dimensions: 193 x 262 x 36 mm

      • Eden Code: 3961955


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