Resources for the Book of Mark
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Mark at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- The Gospel of Mark: An Introduction for Preachers by William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Australia. (Mark in terms of the lectionary year.)
- The Gospel of Mark, Wikipedia.
- Introduction to the Book of Mark, New American Bible.
- The Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
- Introduction to Mark, Dom Henry Wansbrough, detailed historical & literary introductory study.
- Gospel of Saint Mark from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Mark: Introduction, Argument and Outline by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Introduction and Outline for Mark, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Introduction to Mark, B.W. Johnson, The People's New Testament, 1891.
- "Mark in Year B: A Bibliography for Preachers of Mark's Gospel," David Schnasa Jacobsen, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.
- Bible Basics (Mark) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Gospel of Mark.
- Walking Through the Bible: Mark.
- Biblenotes summary: Mark.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Mark, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Mark, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Mark, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
- Mark, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Mark, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Mark, People's New Testament, 1891.
- Mark, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- Mark, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
- Mark, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
- The Letter of Mark by Dwight Edwards at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels, vol 2, Mark, Wieland Willker.
- By Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks:
- The Gospel of Mark, textual commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Mark, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
- Free Bible Commentary, Mark and 1 & 2 Peter, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
- Articles and Background:
- "Stages of Faith and the Gospel of Mark," James V. Zeitz, Spirituality Today, Winter 1984.
- "Images of Jesus and the Christian Vocation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew," Mary Rose D'Angelo, Spirituality Today, Fall 1984.
- "The Women of the Gospel of Mark and Contemporary Women's Sprituality," Mitzi Minor, Spirituality Today, Summer 1991.
- Introduction to Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark, Vernon K. Robbins, 1992.
- "Reading Mark Ritually: Honor-Shame and the Ritual of Baptism," Mark McVann, Semeia 67: Transformations, Passages, and Processes: Ritual Approaches to Biblical Text, 1994.
- Introduction to New Boundaries in Old Territory: Forms and Social Rhetoric in Mark, David B. Gowler. New York: Peter Lang, 1994.
- "Is There a Monkey in This Class?" Ole Davidsen, Semeia 71: Textual Determinacy, Part Two, 1995.
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"Domestic Domains in
the Gospel of Mark," Katrina Poetker, Direction, 1995.
- "Mark's Domestic Domains," response by Faith Weibe, Direction, 1995.
- "On Mark's Use of The Gospel of Thomas, Part 1," and "Part 2," by Stevan Davies, republished from Neotestamentica (1996) at Stevan Davies' Gospel of Thomas website.
- "Questions, Chreai, and Challenges to Honor. The Interface of Rhetoric and Culture in Mark's Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998):657-81.
- "The Gospel of Mark and Judaism," Robert McFarlane in Gesher: The Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews, 1998.
- "Identification of the Bethany Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark with other Figures Found in Mark and John," Miles Fowler. Journal of Higher Criticism, 1998.
- "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Mark," Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, at The Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation, 1999.
- "Dare to Preach this Gospel," William O'Brien, "Living the Word," Sojourners Online, January/February 2000.
- "The Various Endings of Mark," vol 2b of A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels, Wieland Willker.
- "Mark, John, and Answerability: Aspects of Interfluentiality between the Second and Fourth Gospels," Paul N. Anderson, 2001.
- "The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Discourse in the Gospel of Mark," Vernon K. Robbins in The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Dicourse in the New Testament, ed. F Watson, 2002.
- "Is Our Reading the Bible the Same as the Original Audience's Hearing It? A Case Study in the Gospel of Mark," Robert H Stein, The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2003.
- "The Poetic Function and the Gospel in/of Mark: a Post-Canonical Reading," George Aichele, 2003.
- "The Rhetoric of the Characterization of Jesus as the Son of Man and Christ in Mark," Paul Danove, Biblica Vol. 84(2003) 16-34.
- "Recent Reflections on the Gospel according to Mark," Sean P. Kealy, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005.
- "Mark, The Gospel of Radical Transformation," Jay Williams, Bible and Interpretation, 2008.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bateman, Herbert W., IV, "Defining the Titles
'Christ' and 'Son of God' in Mark's Narrative Presentation of Jesus,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Black, C. Clifton, "Mark as Historian of God's
Kingdom," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Boyce, James L.,
"Hearing the Good News: The Message of the Kingdom in Mark," Word &
World, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Danove, Paul,
"The Narrative Function of Mark's Characterization of God," Novum
Testamentum, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dewey, Joanna,
"The Survival of Mark's Gospel: A Good Story?" Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harrington, Daniel J.,
"What's New in Markan Studies?" Word & World, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hedrick, Charles,
"Realism in Western Narrative and the Gospel of Mark: A Prolegomenon,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kloppenborg, John S., "Evocatio
Deorum and the Date of Mark," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Liew, Tat-Siong Benny,
"Tyranny, Boundary and Might: Colonial Mimicry in Mark's Gospel,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Malbon, Elizabeth
Struthers,
"Fallible Followers: Women and Men in the Gospel of Mark," Semeia,
1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Malbon, Elizabeth
Struthers,
"Narrative Christology and the Son of Man: What the Markan Jesus Says
Instead," Biblical Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Maloney, Linda,
"Mark and Mystery," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marcus, Joel,
"Crucifixion as Parodic Exaltation," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moloney, Francis J.,
"The Markan Story," Word & World, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Otey, Rush,
"A Pilgrim's Discovering Providence: Preaching Mark's Gospel in Ordinary
Time," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year B)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Riches, John K.,
"Conflicting Mythologies: Mythical Narrative in the Gospel of Mark,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sellew, Philip,
"Composition of Didactic Scenes in Mark's Gospel," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stein, Robert H.,
"Is Our Reading the Bible the Same As the Original Audience's Hearing It? A
Case Study in the Gospel of Mark," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Voelz, James W.,
"The Greek of Codex Vaticanus in the Second Gospel and Marcan Greek,"
Novum Testamentum, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Watson, Francis,
"The Social Function of Mark's Secrecy Theme," Journal for the Study
of the New Testament, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - West, Audrey,
"Preaching the Mysteries of the Reign of God," Currents in Theology
and Mission, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, Joel,
"Does Mark's Gospel Have an Outline?" Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wink, Walter,
"The Education of the Apostles: Mark's View of Human Transformation,"
Religious Education, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial
- Bateman, Herbert W., IV, "Defining the Titles
'Christ' and 'Son of God' in Mark's Narrative Presentation of Jesus,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2007.
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