Jeannine K. Brown and Kyle Roberts, Matthew

This may be the key contribution for preachers and other students of Mark. For liturgical/theologizing purposes, Mark-as-bios demands a “Christo-centric” focus. Whether the modern reader must be limited by ancient authorial intent is another debate, but the strong case Bond makes is that if we read Mark as an ancient biography, Jesus takes center stage from beginning to end. With regard to scholarship, this book will add to the ongoing discussion around the emergence of what is called a “gospel,” how it was to be understood in the ancient world, and how that impacts contemporary understanding of early Christianity and its literature.