Mockery and Secretism in the Social World of Mark's Gospel
Having established the context of mockery and shame in Ancient Mediterranean cultures, Dietmar Neufeld shows how Mark presented Jesus as a person with a sense of honour and with a sense of shame, willing to accept the danger of being visible and the mockery it attracted. Neufeld also considers the s...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mockery and secretism in the social world of Mark's gospel] (2017) (Stewart, Eric C.)
[Rezension von: Neufeld, Dietmar, Mockery and secretism in the social world of Mark's gospel] (2015) (Betsworth, Sharon) |
| Series/Journal: | The Library of New Testament Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | Having established the context of mockery and shame in Ancient Mediterranean cultures, Dietmar Neufeld shows how Mark presented Jesus as a person with a sense of honour and with a sense of shame, willing to accept the danger of being visible and the mockery it attracted. Neufeld also considers the social functions of ridicule/mockery more broadly as strategies of social sanction, leading to a better understanding of how social, religious, and political practices and discourse variously succeeded or failed in Mark. Finally, Neufeld investigates the author of Mark's preoccupation with 'secrecy' |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0567570444 |