A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark ─ Comparisons With Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Schrolls, and Rabbinic Literature

This handbook addresses the Judaic context of the Gospel according to Mark. Mark's text is compared to distinct categories of writings, Pseudepigrapha (together with Philo and Josephus), discoveries related to Qumran, Rabbinic Literature (as well as the Targumim), and examples of Aramaic language that reflect first-century usage.

Bruce Chilton, Ph.D. (1976) in Divinity, the University of Cambridge, is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College. He is a scholar of early Christianity and Judaism. Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D. in Divinity (New Testament, The University of Aberdeen) is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also has done post-doctorial work as a Humboldt scholar at the University of Tubingen, Germany.Daniel M. Gurtner is Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary (St Paul, Minnesota, USA)Jacob Neusner is Professor of Judaic Studies, Bard CollegeLawrence H. Schiffman is Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University