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African Memory of Mark – Reassessing Early Church Tradition

Thomas C. Oden
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      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synaxaries (compilations of short biographies of saints to be read on feast days), archaeological sites, non-Western historical documents and ancient churches.The result is a fresh and illuminating portrait of Mark, one that is deeply rooted in African memory and seldom viewed appreciatively in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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas C. Oden EAN: 9780830839339 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 446 g HEIGHT: 227 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: InterVarsity Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-07-11 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, RELIGION / Christian Church / History WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Thomas C. Oden (Ph.D., Yale University), formerly Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, is now director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He is the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Ancient Christian Texts and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of Classic Christianity, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas C. Oden EAN: 9780830839339 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 446 g HEIGHT: 227 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: InterVarsity Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-07-11 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, RELIGION / Christian Church / History WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Thomas C. Oden (Ph.D., Yale University), formerly Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at The Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, is now director of the Center for Early African Christianity at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He is the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Ancient Christian Texts and the Ancient Christian Doctrine series as well as the author of Classic Christianity, a revision of his three-volume systematic theology.

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