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Mark: Audio Lectures: 66 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation
Mark: Audio Lectures: 66 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation
Mark: Audio Lectures: 66 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation
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Mark: Audio Lectures: 66 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation

Written by Mark L. Strauss

Narrated by Mark L. Strauss

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The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Mark: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.

Mark's fast-paced, powerful, and dramatic Gospel takes the reader on a breath-taking tour through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah. Mark: Audio Lectures, taught by Mark Strauss, uses a narrative and theological approach to provide insight into the Evangelist's story-telling craft, theological purpose, and narrative themes.

Mark: Audio Lectures, along with accompanying book Mark from the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series, stresses both the message of Jesus as he proclaims the kingdom of God and the mission of Jesus as he suffers and dies as a ransom for human sin. Lectures examine the biblical text in its original environment, with an emphasis on practical messages and passages of great theological depth. Strauss provides interpretive insights into the background and meaning of the text, and discusses how the message of the text fits within the book itself and its broader biblical-theological context. Learners will discover Jesus's call to be his disciples and to live in obedience to his kingdom calling in their lives today.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 27, 2021
ISBN9780310110064
Mark: Audio Lectures: 66 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation
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Mark L. Strauss

Mark L. Strauss (PhD, Aberdeen) is university professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary, where he has served since 1993. His books include Four Portraits, One Jesus; How to Read the Bible in Changing Times; The Essential Bible Companion; and commentaries on Mark and Luke. He also serves as vice chair of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version translation.  

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    Fantastic resource. There are many parts of the Gospels that I never quite understood. In this, there are many moments where you read "ah ha!" and know that Garland presents a better, more complete understanding. The best parts are the temple discussions - the fig tree, the moneychangers, and render unto Caesar.Garland uses the Original, Bridging, and current contexts effectively. I tend to read the Bible as a series of vignettes. I think many others do, too. This book helps to understand Mark as a cohesive unit itself, within the NT, the OT, and its time. He is highly effective at providing context. A brief rundown of quotations shows he quotes every book of the Bible except Obadiah and 2 John. Additionally the author is well-read. The works he quotes are more than I've read over the last few years. Not only did Garland read them, but processed them well enough to apply.This isn't a commentary where we get a verse followed by a sentence or paragraph, then another verse. Whole chunks are studied together. There's about a 1/2 chapter followed by @ 10 pages of commentary.Finally, he presents and discusses various views of different commentators on particular verses, contemporary and past. I haven't read those works to know if Garland is presenting straw-man arguments, but I'm familiar with the general theologies to know the layout of the discussion. This work is well-edited, a labor of love and a joy to read. This is not a page turner, but something you have to chew on. That's not a bad thing!! I generally read a section a day. I will turn back to it in the future as a reference.I originally received this book as a free promo on Olive Tree software. I don't remember if it was pushed out, included, advertised, or what. I hadn't heard of this series so it doesn't seem like something I'd seek out with the crush of commentaries available. One night on vacation, my daughter asked why Jesus cursed the fig tree. I fumbled through the Olive Tree software (not a fan of the UI) and somehow this commentary popped up. It was the 1st explanation that ever just made sense. I was so impressed I bought the book ASAP. I'll definitely pick up other volumes of this series. Yay for providential promos!