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JohnMulqueen
Posted November 13, 2009
Intelligent Independent?
Mary Gordon has written an intelligent, very readable, often insightful commentary on the four Gospels, that is more and less than it claims to be. Gordon writes only about Matthew, Mark, Luke & John leaving out Paul and the Acts of the Apostles because they are more about theology than a narrative of Jesus' life and person (but what is John if not that, certainly he is not a biographical narrative?). She says she does so because she is a writer interested in narrative, and a writer's sensibility to the words of the Gospels shows. Her comments about Jesus showing a concern for women in Mark were unexpected,so was her explication of the whithered fig tree: it shows not all is good even in the world of the Gospel. She relies a lot on biblical scholars, somewhat unexpected given her claim to read like a writer. But this is an excellent book, especially for Catholics unused to Biblical studies.
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