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      • Max Botner, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Michigan
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 May 2019
      30 May 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108569835
      9781108477208
      9781108702140
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108569835
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 254 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 256 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion, Theology
      Series:
      Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (174)
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    Subjects:
    Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion, Theology
    Series:
    Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (174)
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    This study contributes to the debate over the function of Davidic sonship in the Gospel of Mark. In contrast to William Wrede's paradigm, Max Botner argues that Mark's position on Jesus's ancestry cannot be assessed properly though isolated study of the name David (or the patronym son of David). Rather, the totality of Markan messiah language is relevant to the question at hand. Justification for this paradigm shift is rooted in observations about the ways in which ancient authors spoke of their messiahs. Botner shows that Mark was participant to a linguistic community whose members shared multiple conventions for stylizing their messiahs, Davidic or otherwise. He then traces how the evangelist narratively constructed his portrait of Christ via creative use of the Jewish scriptures. When the Davidssohnfrage is approached from within this sociolinguistic framework, it becomes clear that Mark's Christ is indeed David's son.

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    ‘this is an excellent thesis … It should not just be read by researchers and teachers but also all students beyond the first-year college/university level who study Mark.’

    Mark D. Jensen Source: Bulletin for Biblical Research

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