Fear and Grief

doi:10.1017/9781108888882.012

11 - Fear and Grief

Emotions at the Endings(s) of Mark’s Story

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2025

Elizabeth E. Shively and

Kara J. Lyons-Pardue

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Keith Bodner

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Keith Bodner: Affiliation:
Crandall University, Canada

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Summary

The gospel of Mark quickly introduces both human and superhuman characters who engage each other in consequential words and actions as they move through time and space, with geographical movement from the wilderness to Galilee and through Judea towards Jerusalem, and back towards Galilee again.

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Mark open-ended emotion

Type: Chapter
Information: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative , pp. 213 - 233

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.012 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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