Book contents
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: We Are All Gospel Readers
- Introduction
- Part I Reading the Gospel in Israel’s Scriptures
- Part II Gospel Writers as Gospel Readers
- Part III Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
Introduction
Defining Gospel Reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2022
Book contents
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: We Are All Gospel Readers
- Introduction
- Part I Reading the Gospel in Israel’s Scriptures
- Part II Gospel Writers as Gospel Readers
- Part III Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Mark opens his account of Jesus with “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Christ” (Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ). Although modern readers often associate the term “gospel” here with the now long-established genre by the same name, Mark clearly elaborates what he means (at least in part) in what follows
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