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100 1 _aOden, Thomas C.
245 1 4 _aThe African memory of Mark :
_breassessing early church tradition /
_cThomas C. Oden.
260 _aDowners Grove, Ill. :
_bIVP Academic,
_cc2011.
300 _a279 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and indexes.
520 _aWe often regard the author of the Gospel of Mark as an obscure figure about whom we know little. Many would be surprised to learn how much fuller a picture of Mark exists within widespread African tradition, tradition that holds that Mark himself was from North Africa, that he founded the church in Alexandria, that he was an eyewitness to the Last Supper and Pentecost, that he was related not only to Barnabas but to Peter as well and accompanied him on many of his travels. In this provocative reassessment of early church tradition, Tom Oden begins with New Testament evidence and adds to it African sources, including synaxaries, archaeological sites and non-Western historical documents. The result is a fresh and illuminating portrait of Mark, one that is deeply rooted in African memory and seldom viewed appreciatively in the West.
600 0 0 _aMark,
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