The Gospel of Mark / John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington ; Daniel J. Harrington, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-57) and indexes.

INTRODUCTION : An intratextual and intertextual commentary -- Mark among the gospels -- Mark before the gospels -- Mark as author and theologian -- Mark as literature -- The genre of Mark -- The literary artistry of Mark -- Narrative criticism and the gospel of Mark -- Mark's picture of Jesus -- Discipleship in Mark -- Mark and the Old Testament and Judaism -- The eschatology of Mark -- Mark in relation to Paul and to Peter -- The date and the audience of Mark -- The outline of Mark's gospel -- General bibliography.

Pharisees and scribes seek a sign -- A further understanding by the disciples and the conclusion of the bread section -- The gradual healing of a blind man -- Peter's confession, the first passion prediction, Peter's misunderstanding, and the demands of the discipleship -- The transfiguration -- Healing a possessed boy -- A second passion prediction and more instructions for disciples -- The transfiguration -- Healing a possessed boy -- A second passion prediction and more instructions for disciples -- Marriage and divorce -- Jesus blesses children -- Riches and poverty -- A third passion prediction and more instructions for disciples -- The healing of Blind Bartimaeus -- Jesus' entry into Jerusalem -- The fig tree and the temple -- The authority of Jesus -- The parable of the vineyard -- Taxes to Caesar -- The debate about resurrection -- The great commandments -- The Messiah and the Son of God -- The scribes and the widow -- Jesus' eschatological discourse -- Contrasting beginnings of Jesus' last days -- Jesus' final meal with his disciples -- Prediction of Peter's denial -- Jesus in Gethsemane -- The arrest of Jesus -- Jesus before the Sanhedrin and the denial of Peter -- Jesus before Pilate -- The crucifixion of Jesus -- The death of Jesus -- The burial of Jesus -- The empty tomb -- Later endings.

TRANSLATION, NOTES, INTERPRETATION : The prologue : the beginning of the good news -- Transitional Markan summary : proclamation of the kingdom -- The call of the first disciples -- A paradigmatic day begins the ministry of Jesus -- Highpoints of Jesus' work in Galilee -- The healing of the paralyzed man -- The call of Levi and meals with toll collectors and sinners -- Fasting, torn garments, and new wineskins -- Plucking grain on the Sabbath -- Healing on a Sabbath -- Transitional Markan summary : healing beside the sea -- Choosing the twelve -- The Beelzebul controversy and the true family of Jesus -- The parable of the sower, sayings on the mystery of the kingdom of God, and the allegory of the seeds -- Four sayings on revelation and two kingdom parables -- Jesus' power over wind and waves -- The exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac -- The daughter of Jairus and the woman with the hemmorrhage -- The rejection of Nazareth -- The mission charge to the twelve -- The identity of Jesus and the execution of John the Baptist -- The feeding of the 5000 by the Sea of Galilee -- Jesus walks on the water and astounds the disciples -- A Markan summary of the healing power of Jesus -- The dispute over clean and unclean -- The Syrophoenician woman -- Jesus restores hearing and speech to a suffering man -- The second feeding narrative : the 4000.