A Myth of Innocence: Mark and Christian Origins (1988 Mack), book
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A Myth of Innocence: Mark and Christian Origins (1988) is a book by Burton L. Mack.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 1988.
Table of contents
- Introduction: Christian Origins and the Imagination
- Part I: Christian Beginnings
- 1. The Temple and the Land of Palestine
- 2. Jesus in Galilee
- 3. The Followers of Jesus
- 4. The Congregation of the Christ
- 5. The Patterns of Social Conflict
- Part II: Stories in the Gospel Tradition
- 6. The Parables of Jesus
- 7. The Pronouncement Stories
- 8. The Miracle Stories
- Part III: Narratives of the Passion
- 9. The Entanglements of History and Myth
- 10. The Narrative Designs
- 11. The Compositional Process
- Part IV: The Gospel According to Mark
- 12. The Gospel as Myth
- 13. The Gospel as Apocalypse
- 14. The Gospel as Parable
- 15. The Gospel as Paradigm
- Conclusion: Imagination and the Myth of Innocence
- Appendices
- 1. The Pronouncement Stories in Mark
- 2. Linnemann: The Traditions of the Passion
- 3. Dormeyer: The Acts of the Martyr
- 4. The Gospel of Mark: An Overview