Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism

A fitting tribute to a fine scholar of Early Christianity, in whose debt many of us are. * Journal for the Study of the New Testament * It is a delight to see in this volume not only senior scholar-friends of Hurtado honor him, but also many of his doctoral students. I warmly recommend this work to researchers interested in Hurtados work or in Mark, manuscripts, and monotheism in general. * Religious Studies Review *

Chris Keith is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary's University College, Twickenham, UK. Dieter T. Roth is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doctoral Fellow) at Johannes Gutenberg-Universitt Mainz, Germany.

Table of Contents Introduction Contributors PART ONE: MARKS GOSPEL Chapter One: Is It as Bad as All That?: The Misconception of Mark as a Gospel Film Noir Holly J. Carey, Point University, USA Chapter Two: Early Christian Book Culture and the Emergence of the First Written Gospel Chris Keith, St Marys University, UK Chapter Three: Jesus as Gods Chief Agent in Marks Christology Paul Owen, Montreat College, USA PART TWO: MANUSCRIPTS AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM Chapter Four: Mark, Manuscripts, and Paragraphs: Sense-Unit Divisions in Mark 1416 Sean A. Adams, University of Edinburgh, UK Chapter Five: From Text-Critical Methodology to Manuscripts as Artefacts: A Tribute to Larry W. Hurtado Thomas J. Kraus, Independent Scholar Chapter Six: Origens List of New Testament Books in Hom. Jos. 7.1: A Fresh Look Michael J. Kruger, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA Chapter Seven: 45 as Early Christian Artifact: Considering Staurogram and Punctuation in the Manuscript Dieter T. Roth, Johannes GutenbergUniversitt Mainz, Germany Chapter Eight: 45 and Codex W in Mark Revisited Tommy Wasserman, rebro School of Theology, Sweden PART THREE: MONOTHEISM AND EARLY JESUS-DEVOTION Chapter Nine: Who, What, and Why?: The Worship of the Firstborn in Hebrews 1:6 David M. Allen, The Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Chapter Ten: Devotion to Jesus Christ in Earliest ChristianityAn Appraisal and Discussion of the Work of Larry Hurtado Richard J. Bauckham, University of St Andrews, UK and University of Cambridge, UK Chapter Eleven: Hebrews and Wisdom Mary Ann Beavis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Chapter Twelve, Christology, Martyrdom, and Vindication in the Gospel of Mark and the Apocalypse: Two New Testament Views Paul Middleton, University of Chester, UK Bibliography