Marcus Borg is an internationally respected expert on the Gospels. Here he offers the fruit of a lifetime's research and reflection on the Gospel of Mark. This book is ideal both for new Christians and for those who would like a fresh perspective on Mark's portrait of Jesus. It includes thoughtful questions for group study or private reflection.

Marcus Borg

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Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Verse

Autobiographical Note

Introduction

1 Overture and Beginning: Mark 1–3

2 Parables and Miracles: Mark 4–5

3 Rejection,Miracles, and Conflict: Mark 6:1–8:21

4 From Galilee to Jerusalem: Mark 8:22–10:52

5 Jerusalem, Execution, and Resurrection: Mark 11–16

Study Questions

Notes

About the Author

Borg, Marcus

Marcus Borg offers the fruit of a lifetime's research and reflection on the Gospel of Mark. Ideal both for new Christians and for those who would like a fresh perspective on Mark's portrait of Jesus. Includes questions for group study or private reflection

'Many know Marcus Borg as a brilliant scholar, which he is. But he has a pastoral side as well. I've stood with Marcus after his lectures and watched as person after person comes up to say, I lost my faith, but your books have helped me get it back,A" or I wouldn't be in the church today if I hadn't come across your books,A" or Your work has helped me stay a Christian.A" In this highly readable book on Mark, you'll experience that pastoral side as he brings his scholarship to the aid of Christians and seekers alike. If you want to get to the heart of Jesus' message and the way of life into which that message invites us, you'll find help here.' Brian McLaren, author/activist.

Marcus J. Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon., having been Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University until his retirement in 2007. He is the author of eighteen books, including Jesus - Uncovering the life, teachings and relevance of a religious revolutionary (SPCK 2010), and three written with John Dominic Crossan: The Last Week (2006), The First Christmas (2007), and The First Paul (2009), all published by SPCK.

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It might be slender, but I found this a very helpful commentary (The author prefers the word ‘Conversations’ – less forbidding, perhaps?) on the earliest of the written Gospels. Marcus Borg views Jesus as ‘the decisive revelation of God’, but strongly argues for the ‘partnership’ of faith and reason. Writing from within the biblical mainstream, he does not interpret the Bible ‘literally, factually and absolutely’, but prefers to use a ‘historical’ - (i.e. setting the text in the historical context of the community in which it originated) ‘metaphorical’ (i.e. having its meaning on more than a literal or factual level) approach. After an illuminating introduction to Mark, Borg devotes five chapters to dealing with the Gospel in bite-sized chunks, interspersed with remarks about particular topics. Time and time again I found these really stimulating, for example as Borg considered parables, purity, the Kingdom, feeding miracles and nature miracles as ‘parabolic’ (or ‘metaphorical’) ‘narratives’. And that’s just a sample!  
A very useful little book if you want to appreciate a precious part of the Bible without being submerged under a heftier tome. At the end comes a large study guide that a group could profitably use.

Meeting Jesus in Mark

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