Irony in Mark's Gospel: Text and Subtext

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Irony in Mark's Gospel: Text and Subtext
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jerry Camery-Hoggatt
SeriesSociety for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780521020619
ClassificationsDewey:226.3066
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 6 October 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The author of this lucid and interdisciplinary study of Mark's Gospel believes that - when applied to Gospel texts - sociological analysis and literary criticism may be far closer together in purpose and intent than is often supposed. Professor Camery-Hoggatt therefore begins his work with an exploration of the social functions of narrative in general, and of ironic narrative in particular. He then turns to the literary functions of the internal elements of the narrative, and draws the two discussions together into a single framework that can be used as a lens through which Mark's Gospel can be read. The author's claim is that irony - especially dramatic irony - thoroughly permeates the Gospel, and that this evinces a rhetorical strategy central to Mark's whole narrative. The second half of the book shows that the presence of irony is especially powerful when the deeper level of meaning is somehow hidden from the story's characters.

Reviews

'... rigorous, detailed and authoritative'. Church Times