TY - MANSCPT AU - Kok,Michael J. TI - The Gospel on the margins: the reception of Mark in the second century SN - 9781451490220 (pbk) AV - BS2585.52 .K65 2015 U1 - 226.306 Kok 2015 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - Mark KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sheffield, 2013 under title: The gospel on the margins : the ideological function of the patristic tradition on the evangelist Mark; Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-327) and indexes; pt. I. The construction of Mark as the interpreter of Peter. The decline of the patristic consensus -- The re-emergence of the patristic tradition -- From Paul's fellow worker to Peter's interpreter -- pt. II. The ideological function of the patristic tradition. Toward a theory of the patristic reception of Mark -- The gospel on the margins of the canon -- The clash of rival interpreters -- Conclusion: The centrist Christian appropriation of Mark -- Appendix: The Carpocratians and the mystic Gospel of Mark ER -