Mark's Gospel in a Jewish Context
Ben Abraham, Amasa
This volume is a scholarly but accessible treatment of the Gospel of Mark in its Jewish context. It draws on numerous sources and presents more than 600 brief extracts from ancient sources (including Greek and Aramaic translations of the Old Testament, ancient commentaries [called Midrashes], the Dead Sea Scrolls, first century Jewish notables Philo of Alexandria and the historian Josephus, the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud, the Samaritan Chroni...