The African Memory of Mark: Reassessing Early Church Tradition - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 2: Early African Christianity

Oden, Thomas C.

 
9780830839339: The African Memory of Mark: Reassessing Early Church Tradition
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ISBN 10 : 083083933X ISBN 13 : 9780830839339
Editeur : Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2011

Synopsis

We often regard the author of the Gospel of Mark as an obscure figure about whom we know little. Many would be surprised to learn how much fuller a picture of Mark exists within widespread African tradition, tradition that holds that Mark himself was from North Africa, that he founded the church in Alexandria, that he was an eyewitness to the Last Supper and Pentecost, that he was related not only to Barnabas but to Peter as well and accompanied him on many of his travels.In this provocative reassessment of early church tradition, Thomas C. Oden begins with the palette of New Testament evidence and adds to it the range of colors from traditional African sources, including synaxaries (compilations of short biographies of saints to be read on feast days), archaeological sites, non-Western historical documents and ancient churches.The result is a fresh and illuminating portrait of Mark, one that is deeply rooted in African memory and seldom viewed appreciatively in the West.

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À propos de l?auteur

Thomas C. Oden (1931-2016), was the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of Classic Christianity, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology. His books also include The African Memory of Mark, Early Libyan Christianity, and How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind. He was the director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and he also served as the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at the Graduate School and The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

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Éditeur
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
083083933X
ISBN 13 
9780830839339
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
279
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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