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Subversive symmetry : exploring the fantastic in Mark 6:45-56

Title: Subversive symmetry : exploring the fantastic in Mark 6:45-56 / by George W. Young.
Author: Young, George W.
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

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Description

x, 200 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book is a rigorous analysis of Mark 6:45-56 (Jesus' sea-walk). The first part of the book argues that, given the complexities which challenge the reader in Mark 6:45-56, traditional historical-critical approaches lack the terminology and conceptual categories necessary to provide an adequate elucidation of the passage in all its fantastic array. The second part of the book proposes a theoretical framework for scholars to examine the Gospel of Mark using tools and terms often associated with fantasy literature, and suggests that this gospel, and in particular Mark 6:45-56, is best viewed as an illustration of ancient fantastic fiction. The final two chapters of the book show how the tools of fantasy scholars can be applied to the gospel, using Mark 6:45-56 as a case in point."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 41

Uniform Title

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 41.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.

Contents

I. Moving Beyond Tradition -- II. Mark as Narrative Art -- III. Introduction to Fantastic Studies -- IV. Contours of Fantasy -- V. Reading Mark 6:45-56 as Fantastic Discourse -- VI. Rhetoric and the Reader -- VII. Summary and Conclusion.

ISBN

9004114289
9789004114289

LCCN

99017593

OCLC

ocm40856933
40856933
SCSB-1271039

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library