Mark

by Warren Carter, Barbara E. Reid OP (Editor)

Overview

The Academy of Parish Clergy 2020 Reference Book of the Year

2020 Association of Catholic Publishers first place award in Scripture

2020 Catholic Press Association third place award for best new religious book series

This reading of Mark's Gospel engages this ancient text from the perspective of contemporary feminist concerns to expose and resist all forms of domination that prevent the full flourishing of all humans and all creation. Accordingly, it foregrounds the Gospel's constructions of gender in intersectionality with the visions, structures, practices, and personnel of Roman imperial power. This reading embraces a rich tradition of feminist scholarship on the Gospel, as well as masculinity studies, particularly pervasive hegemonic masculinity. Its politically engaged discussion of Mark's Gospel provides a resource for clergy, students, and laity concerned with contemporary constructions of gender, power, and a world in which all might experience fullness of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814681916
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	04/03/2020
Series:	Wisdom Commentary Series , #42
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	584
File size:	963 KB

About the Author

Warren Carter is the LaDonna Kramer Meinders Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the author of eighteen books and is a regular presenter at scholarly conferences and in church contexts.

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

Table of Contents

Contents
 
List of Abbreviations ix
List of Contributors xv
Foreword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xvii
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xxi
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author’s Introduction: A Feminist/Gender Reading of Mark’s Gospel xli
 
Mark 1:1-45 Introducing the Most Powerful Man 1
Mark 2:1-28 Men Competing with Men 39
Mark 3:1-35 Hegemonic Masculinity Displayed and Contested 61
Mark 4:1-41 Telling Stories: Asserting Hegemonic Masculinity 83
Mark 5:1-43 Patriarchal Dividends: An Exorcised Man and a Healed Woman and Daughter 109
Mark 6:1-56 Manly Power Asserted and Resisted 143
Mark 7:1-37 Winners and Losers 177
Mark 8:1–9:1 Declining Hegemonic Masculinity? 207
Mark 9:2-50 Mixed Reception 237
Mark 10:1-52 Redeploying Power at Home 263
Mark 11:1-33 Increasing Clashes among Powerful Men 301
Mark 12:1-44 More Confrontations among Powerful Men 325
Mark 13:1-37 The End of Their World and Birthing Another 353
Mark 14:1-72 Ambivalent Masculinity 375
Mark 15:1-47 Hegemonic Masculinity: Is Jesus’ Death a Defeat? 411
Mark 16:1-8 God Outpowers the Ruling Powers: Hegemonic Masculinity Restored 441
 
Afterword 455
Works Cited 457
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 481
Index of Subjects 497
 

Editorial Reviews

"Carter's thoughtful and nuanced interpretation of the Gospel of Mark is a welcome addition to the distinctive Wisdom Commentary series. Reading the Gospel alongside recent insights from both masculinity studies and feminist scholarship, Carter ensures a fresh consideration at this ancient text. The reader will profit from the author's deep expertise on life under Roman imperial rule combined with his sensitive intersectional analysis of the Gospel."
Colleen M. Conway, Professor of Religious Studies, Seton Hall University

"Warren Carter's Wisdom commentary on Mark is a worthy complement to other important interpretations. It is deep, technical, and yet not inaccessible for the non–specialist. It opens our eyes to questions that are often left unexamined. It is also a reminder that white men (including me) can be allies to women scholars, but we can even be feminist in our perspectives when it comes to Scripture."
Ponderings on a Faith Journey

"Carter focuses especially on what he terms ‘hegemonic masculinity,' which involves a systematic assertion of masculine domination. True to his stated purpose, Carter works his way through the entire gospel, demonstrating how attention to the biblical text's assumptions about gender and power relations can reveal latent meaning within the text and its significance for our circumstances. This commentary, therefore, is at heart the demonstration of an important and emerging method."
The Bible Today

“Not intended simply as a ‘reading book, it is for the serious student of Scripture. As a reference it must surely stand among the classics of biblical scholarship. Everyone approaches the biblical text with personal history, opinions, and prejudices, and every reader will have quibbles with aspects of this interpretation. But there are valuable and much-needed riches to be found in these pages and in the abundant references therein.”
Catholic Library World

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