ID - 1026705 TI - Biblical interpretation series AU - Anderson, Paul AU - Koosed, Jennifer L. AU - Sherwood, Yvonne AU - Adam, A.K.M. AU - Brill PY - 1993 VL - 48 SN - 09280731 SN - 9004117555 9004497080 9789004117556 9789004497085 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Bible NT. Gospels. Mark KW - Bible. KW - 226.3 KW - Evangelie volgens Marcus KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Marco (Book of the New Testament) KW - Mark (Book of the New Testament) KW - Markus (Book of the New Testament) KW - Markusevangelium KW - Vangelo di Marco KW - Book of Mark KW - Editorial staff KW - Origin of Mark (Book of the Bible) communities of faith KW - Social-historical exegesis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1026705 AB - The book observes and calls into question the scholarly practice of constructing a community behind the Gospel of Mark (and by implication, other Gospels as well) and using that community to control appropriate interpretation of Mark. It presents and critiques particular exemplars of this practice, and briefly suggests other ways to ground the interpretation of Mark. After an introduction, chapters are devoted to the work of Werner Kelber, Howard Clark Kee and Ched Myers. Critical conclusions are then drawn, after which the recent work of Joel Marcus is discussed. A final chapter briefly suggests ways forward. Constructing communities behind Gospels and using those communities as interpretive keys in Gospel interpretation is a widespread scholarly practice. To date, no full length critique of the practice has been published. This book fills that lacuna. ER -