02087ctm a2200361 a 4500 16657533 OSt 20250430165225.0 ta 210811s2011 iluab b 001 0beng 2011006819 015950075 Uk 9780830839339 (alk. paper) 083083933X (alk. paper) 99944538339 (OCoLC)ocn703207308 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BWX SLT CDX ZID YUS OCLCO UKMGB DLC pcc f------ BS2475 .O34 2011 AFR 226.3092 Ode 2011 22 Oden, Thomas C. The African memory of Mark : reassessing early church tradition / by Thomas C. Oden. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011. 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. 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with New Testament evidence and adds to it African sources, including synaxaries, archaeological sites and non-Western historical documents.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. Mark, Saint. Theology Africa. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 12229 12229 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 AFR 226.3092 Ode 2011 21694 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 AFR