Decoding Mark

by Dart, John

• ISBN13: 9781563383748
• ISBN10: 1563383748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Using the presence or absence of world Puzzle-like devices called "chiasms," nationally known journalist John Dart reconstructs Mark's Gospel, showing how sections of the "secret Gospel of Mark belong in the original, and identifying sections that were added by a later editor. Explosive reading.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Night with Jesus - the Lost Episode	p. 1
Forgery, or Clue to Early Christianity?	p. 8
The "Big Omission" in Luke	p. 17
Better than Elijah, Greater than Elisha	p. 27
Bracketing and Bashing	p. 34
Deciphering the Code	p. 44
Bringing Back the Lost Disciple	p. 60
The Fabulous Word Mosaic of Mark	p. 70
Overlooked Heroes	p. 86
Unashamed Naked Return to Oneness	p. 102
Editor's Motives, Luke's Preferences	p. 117
In Praise of Secret Mark's Discoverer	p. 132
Solving Mysteries, Facing New Ones	p. 142
Mark's Rules, or Fun Finding Chiastic Patterns in the Gospel	p. 155
Prologue, Acts 1-5, Conclusion, in Formal Chiastic Structure	p. 158
Secret Mark Episode in Act 3's Smaller Chiasms	p. 172
Establishing the Borders of the Editor's Insertion of 6:47-8:26	p. 183
Macrocode	p. 188
Suggested Reading	p. 199
Index	p. 202
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