{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-mark-a-socio-rhetorical-commentary-9780802845030","title":"The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first sustained attempt to read the Gospel of Mark both as an ancient biography and as a form of ancient rhetoric. Ben Witherington applies to Mark the socio-rhetorical approach for which he is well known, opening a fresh new perspective on the earliest Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten when the fledging Christian faith was experiencing a major crisis during the Jewish war, Mark provides us with the first window on how the life and teachings of Jesus were presented to a largely non-Jewish audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Witherington, the structure of Mark demonstrates that this Gospel is biographically focused on the identity of Jesus and the importance of knowing who he is--the Christ, the Son of God. This finding reveals that Christology stood at the heart of the earliest Christians' faith. It also shows how important it was to these earliest Christians to persuade others about the nature of Jesus, both as a historical figure and as the Savior of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitherington, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ben Witherington III is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and is on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University, Scotland. Witherington has twice won the \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e best Biblical Studies book-of-the-year award, and his many books include \u003ci\u003eWe Have Seen His Glory: A Vision of Kingdom Worship\u003c\/i\u003e and socio-rhetorical commentaries on Mark, Acts, Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He writes a blog at patheos.com and can also be found on the web at benwitherington.com.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647501439250,"sku":"9780802845030","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90a540c3-8f72-42f8-b1f8-9176a5c4793f.jpg?v=1734801091","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-mark-a-socio-rhetorical-commentary-9780802845030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}