{"product_id":"reading-mark-in-context-jesus-and-second-temple-judaism-9780310534457","title":"Reading Mark in Context: Jesus and Second Temple Judaism","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last several decades, the Jewishness of Jesus has been at the forefront of scholarship and students of the New Testament are more than ever aware of the importance of understanding Jesus and the Gospels in their Jewish context. \u003cem\u003eReading Mark in Context\u003c\/em\u003e helps students see the contour and texture of Jesus' engagement with his Jewish environment. It brings together a series of accessible essays that compare and contrast viewpoints, theologies, and hermeneutical practices of Mark and his various Jewish contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing beyond an introduction that merely surveys historical events and theological themes, this textbook examines individual passages in Second Temple Jewish literature in order to illuminate the context of Mark's theology and the nuances of his thinking. Following the narrative progression of Mark's Gospel, each chapter in this textbook (1) pairs a major unit of the Gospel with one or more sections of a thematically-related Jewish text, (2) introduces and explores the historical and theological nuances of the comparative text, and (3) shows how the ideas in the comparative text illuminate those expressed in Mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaston, Jason:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJason Maston (PhD, University of Durham) is Lecturer in New Testament at Highland Theological College UHI (UK). He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDivine and Human Agency in Second Temple Judaism and Paul: A Comparative Approach\u003c\/em\u003e and contributor to and co-editor (with Michael F. Bird) of \u003cem\u003eEarliest Christian History: History, Literature and Theology. Essays from the Tyndale Fellowship in Honor of Martin Hengel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackwell, Ben C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBen C. Blackwell (PhD, University of Durham) is associate professor of early Christianity at Houston Baptist University. He has authored a number of essays and articles related to Historical Theology and the New Testament, including \u003cem\u003eChristosis: Engaging Pauline Soteriology with His Patristic Interpreters\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently working on new monograph: \u003cem\u003eParticipating in the Righteousness of God: Justification in Pauline Theology\u003c\/em\u003e. He also served as a co-editor for several volumes: \u003cem\u003ePaul and the Apocalyptic Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eReading Romans in Context: Paul and Second Temple Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eReading Mark in Context: Jesus and Second Temple Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565640356114,"sku":"9780310534457","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9078e98b-3acd-4d2a-b873-4228b72e6314.jpg?v=1731887075","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-mark-in-context-jesus-and-second-temple-judaism-9780310534457","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}