Beyond Fear and Silence: A Feminist-Literary Approach to the Gospel of Mark - Brossura

Mitchell, Joan L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0826413544 ISBN 13: 9780826413543

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2001

Riassunto

The Gospel of Mark ends in a curious way. Three women disciples go to the tomb and find it empty, save for a young man in a white robe who tells them that Jesus has been raised and they should "tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.'" The gospel concludes with the statement: "Then they went out and fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and bewilderment. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." This downbeat ending was so unsatisfying to some early gospel editors that they added two other conclusions, the longer one drawn from Matthew and Luke, including post-resurrection appearances, the commissioning of the eleven apostles, and the ascension of Jesus. Focusing on the fear and silence of the women in the last verse, Joan Mitchell offers a brilliant interpretation and a powerful encouragement to Christian women. She uses the feminist hermeneutic developed by Elisabeth Schssler Fiorenza to deal with the absence or presence of women in the text, but she also employs literary methods to provide a convincing and aesthetically satisfying interpretation of the gospel as a whole. Although the women in Mark may be few and mostly nameless, they play a powerful role in the narrative, as indeed they are called upon to do in every generation of the preaching of the gospel.

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L'autore:

Joan Mitchell, CSJ, is publisher of Good Ground Press and editor of the lectionary-based programs Sunday by Sunday for adults and Spirit for teens as well editor for the past 19 years of the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies for children. She holds a M.A. in theology from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Book by Mitchell Joan

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0826413544
• ISBN 13: 9780826413543
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 152