Costly Freedom

A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel Paperback – August 1, With this study of the Gospel of Mark, Brendan Byrne completes his trilogy of works on the Synoptic Gospels. Mark, the Cinderella gospel, as Byrne says, languished for millennia in the shadow of.
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The publication of Brendan Byrne's presentation of the Gospel of Mark brings to a close a series on the Synoptic Gospels that has generated a literary form in itself. In all three volumes Byrne has achieved a remarkable marriage between a serious and accurate reading of the text, highlighted by a close familiarity with contemporary scholarship.

A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel by Brendan Byrne

But this reading never moves away from the impact the message of each Gospel can make upon contemporary Christians. In A Costly Freedom the difficult text of Mark is consistently presented to a contemporary reader as the portrayal of a conflict between good and evil Jesus and the demonic that can only be resolved in the fragile disciple's journey into the future with the Risen Lord.

Byrne offers a cohesive reading of the Gospel of Mark, bringing mainline scholarly insights to a popular audience. The Australian Jesuit, Brendan Byrne, a very learned and pastorally sensitive biblical scholar, calls Mark the 'scariest gospel' because it addresses the darkness of unbelief and despair that characterize so much of human living in antiquity and today. His latest work is a fitting conclusion to his excellent trilogy of commentaries on the Synoptic gospels.


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A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel

Mark -- Commentaries Theology -- Study and teaching. Mark, the "Cinderella gospel," as Byrne says, languished for millennia in the shadow of Matthew "the first gospel" and Luke. Beginning in the nineteenth century, scholars uncovered what is now generally accepted as the more likely scenario: Appearances of the Risen Lord: Includes bibliographical references p.

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