Building on Keown's earlier two-volume work, Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Understanding Mark's Gospel gives an easily readable introduction to Mark's Gospel. Designed as a textbook, it includes eleven lessons on Mark's Gospel. The first lesson covers background issues important for understanding Mark. The Gospel is then divided into ten sections, each forming a lesson. After reading the biblical passages, students can read each lesson and get a succinct commentary with exegetical insights on the Markan passages. Each lesson ends with questions that can be discussed by readers. All Greek is transliterated, and the book is an excellent and simple introduction to Mark's Gospel.
Building on Keown's earlier two-volume work, Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Understanding Mark's Gospel gives an easily readable introduction to Mark's Gospel. Designed as a textbook, it includes eleven lessons on Mark's Gospel. The first lesson covers background issues important for understanding Mark. The Gospel is then divided into ten sections, each forming a lesson. After reading the biblical passages, students can read each lesson and get a succinct commentary with exegetical insights on the Markan passages. Each lesson ends with questions that can be discussed by readers. All Greek is transliterated, and the book is an excellent and simple introduction to Mark's Gospel.
Mark J. Keown is Head of Bible and Senior NT Lecturer at Laidlaw College and a Presbyterian minister. His writings include Congregational Evangelism in Philippians (2008), What's God Up to on Planet Earth? (2010), Philippians (2017), Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires (2018), Discovering the New Testament (2018-), The New Testament: A Taster (2020), and Galatians (2020).
"Keown brings alive both Mark's Gospel and its first-century world
in Understanding Mark's Gospel. His easy-to-read, engaging style
draws the reader into each passage of Mark's narrative, producing a
well-rounded, thorough introduction to Mark's Gospel. Throughout,
Keown explains how the events in Mark should shape the lives of
Christians today, creating an informative, thought-provoking, and
practical book."
--Julia van den Brink, Laidlaw College
"Keown has put together a detailed yet wonderfully approachable
study on the Gospel of Mark, offering his readers insight and
inspiration in equal measure. Assessable and challenging, this is a
fantastic companion for the working preacher, pastor, and
congregation member alike. I can't recommend it highly enough."
--Andrew Gardener, The Vine Church, Hong Kong
"I often suggest to students who want to study the New Testament in
more depth that they start with Mark's Gospel. Keown's new book
Understanding Mark's Gospel is a great way to be guided to that
greater depth of understanding and that richer level of insight.
This easy-to-read book will open up Mark's Gospel in fresh and
exciting ways, both for new readers of Mark's Gospel and for those
who have read the Gospel many times. Understanding Mark's Gospel
will also assist its readers in reaching the goal that Mark the
evangelist had in mind when he wrote his Gospel--that we as readers
might encounter Jesus and grow in faith in him."
--Paul Trebilco, University of Otago, New Zealand
"This is an excellent guide to the Second Gospel. Keown writes in
simple and accessible English--but covers all the key issues and is
engaged with the latest scholarship, so that he offers an
impressive breadth of learning. The great strength of his approach
is setting out clearly all the options for contentious issues and
giving supporting reasons for each before offering his own view.
This will be a useful guide to all students of this dynamic
gospel."
--Ian Paul, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Dr. Mark Keown was my thesis supervisor at Laidlaw College, New
Zealand, and I am delighted to endorse Understanding Mark's Gospel,
the first publication of our Tyrannus Textbook series."
--Paul Cheng, Tyrannus Online Seminary
"Those who have known of Mark Keown for a while and read some of
his earlier books will be eagerly anticipating this one. While it
is written in the same easily readable style, it should not be
mistaken for a superficial book. It is the fruit of many years of
working with Mark's Gospel both in the classroom and in the pulpit.
Readers will not only find valuable insights into this, the first
gospel to be written, but also food for their souls and challenges
for their way of life. "
--Philip Church, Laidlaw College
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