The African memory of Mark : reassessing early church tradition / by Thomas C. Oden.
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TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011.Description: 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780830839339 (alk. paper)
- 083083933X (alk. paper)
- AFR 226.3092 Ode 2011 22
- BS2475 .O34 2011
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| AFR 225.6096 Int 2001 Interpreting the New Testament in Africa / | AFR 225.6096 Int 2001 c.2 Interpreting the New Testament in Africa / | AFR 225.92 Ada 2006 Africa and Africans in the New Testament / | AFR 226.3092 Ode 2011 The African memory of Mark : reassessing early church tradition / | AFR 226.507 Nge 2003 The Gospel of John : Commentary for Pastors, Teachers and Preachers / | AFR 226.507 Nge 2003 c.2 The Gospel of John : Commentary for Pastors, Teachers and Preachers / | AFR 226.9606 Bro 2004 The Lord's prayer through North African eyes : a window into early Christianity / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and indexes.
We often regard the author of the Gospel of Mark as an obscure figure about whom we know little. Many would be surprised to learn how much fuller a picture of Mark exists within widespread African tradition, tradition that holds that Mark himself was from North Africa, that he founded the church in Alexandria, that he was an eyewitness to the Last Supper and Pentecost, that he was related not only to Barnabas but to Peter as well and accompanied him on many of his travels. In this provocative reassessment of early church tradition, Tom Oden begins with New Testament evidence and adds to it African sources, including synaxaries, archaeological sites and non-Western historical documents. The result is a fresh and illuminating portrait of Mark, one that is deeply rooted in African memory and seldom viewed appreciatively in the West.
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