商品簡介
In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, Mary Ann Beavis examines cultural context and theological meaning in Mark. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers bya€￠ attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employsa€￠ showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habitsa€￠ commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament booka€￠ focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the texta€￠ making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly formatStudents, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the insights that Beavis derives from interrogating the text through multiple perspectives.
作者簡介
Mary Ann Beavis (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of religion and culture at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is the author of Jesus and Utopia: Looking for the Kingdom of God in the Roman World as well as numerous articles.
