Vanderbilt University Department of  Religious Studies, College of Arts and Science

RLST 210 Interpreting the Gospels: Mark
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REQUIRED READINGS:

Bible: One of the following versions...Oxford Annotated Bible; Harper Collins Annotated Bible; New Interpreter's Study Bible; Catholic Study Bible; New Revised Standard Version; New American Bible; Jerusalem Bible; New English Bible; New International Version, or King James Version. BUT NOT a "paraphrased" versions,@ e.g., The Living Bible.

Brian K. Blount Go Preach! : Mark's Kingdom Message and the Black Church Today. 1998.

John D. Donahue and Daniel Harrington, The Gospel of Mark Liturgical Press, (2002)

Mary A. Tolbert, Sowing the Gospel: Mark's World in Literary-Historical Perspective 1996

Myers, Chad, Karen Lattea, et al. Say to this Mountain: Mark's Story of Discipleship 1996

Daniel Patte, Monya Stubbs, Justin Ukpong, Revelation Velunta, The Gospel of Matthew: A Contextual Introduction

RECOMMENDED:

Anderson and Moore, eds., Mark and Method: New Approaches In Biblical Studies 1992

Blount, Brian, Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism 1995

Horsley Richard, Hearing the Whole Story : The Politics of Plot in Mark's Gospel 2001

Kelber, W., Mark's Story of Jesus 1990

Levine A-J, and Blickenstaff M. eds., A Feminist Companion to Mark (Paperback) Pilgrim Press (2004)

Marshall, Faith as a Theme in Mark's Narrative 1995

Myers, Chad Binding the Strong Man (1989)

Oden & Hall, eds., Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament II: Mark. , 1998

Patte, D., with J. Severino Croatto, Nicole Wilkinson Duran, Teresa Okure, Archie Chi Chung Lee, eds., Global Bible Commentary 2004

Waetjen, A Reordering of Power: A Socio-Political Reading of Mark's Gospel 1989 [on reserve, out of print]