Tyranny, Boundary and Might: Colonial Mimicry in Mark's Gospel
Reading the Gospel of Mark with a 'diasporic consciousness' that refuses to ideal ize anything, I question many liberational readings that present Mark in purely positive terms. Rather than dismissing the anti-colonial elements within the Gospel, I proceed to probe Mark for traces of '...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
1999
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1999, Volume: 21, Issue: 73, Pages: 7-31 |
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Summary: | Reading the Gospel of Mark with a 'diasporic consciousness' that refuses to ideal ize anything, I question many liberational readings that present Mark in purely positive terms. Rather than dismissing the anti-colonial elements within the Gospel, I proceed to probe Mark for traces of 'colonial mimicry'. I argue in this essay that Mark reinscribes colonial domination by attributing absolute authority to Jesus, pre serving the 'insider-outsider binarism and understanding authority as power. Despite Mark's declaration of an apocalypse, it embraces recurring themes of 'empire' like tyranny, boundary and might. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X9902107302 |