Conversations with Scripture
The Gospel of Mark
Published on 1. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
140 pages
978-0-8192-2339-5 (ISBN)
Description
Most Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, but no one knows who Mark really was or why this gospel was written. Individual readers and parish study groups can learn about this earliest gospel from the perspective of an important Anglican theologian.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8192-2339-5 (9780819223395)
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Person
Marcus Borg (1942-2015) was internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar. He was Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University and Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon. Described by The New York Times as "a leading figure in his generation of Jesus scholars," he was a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.