Paul Sloan is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

This book is enjoyable to read. It is an excellent application of deep, thick analysis of textual correspondences ... Furthermore, the narrative thrust to his understanding of Mark is fascinating, and in my opinion is the major contribution of this work ... The fit of Sloan’s argument is elegant; it works with available material for the author and original readers, and is coherent in that interpretive universe.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsChapter One: Shape of the QuestionChapter Two: Analysis of Second Temple LiteratureChapter Three: Allusions to Zechariah Throughout MarkChapter Four: The Bookends: The Use of Zechariah 13:7 and 14:5 in MarkChapter Five: Review of Scholarship on Mark 13Chapter Six: Mark 13 and the Return of the ShepherdChapter Seven: ConclusionBibliography

Paul Sloan is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

This book is enjoyable to read. It is an excellent application of deep, thick analysis of textual correspondences ... Furthermore, the narrative thrust to his understanding of Mark is fascinating, and in my opinion is the major contribution of this work ... The fit of Sloan’s argument is elegant; it works with available material for the author and original readers, and is coherent in that interpretive universe.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsChapter One: Shape of the QuestionChapter Two: Analysis of Second Temple LiteratureChapter Three: Allusions to Zechariah Throughout MarkChapter Four: The Bookends: The Use of Zechariah 13:7 and 14:5 in MarkChapter Five: Review of Scholarship on Mark 13Chapter Six: Mark 13 and the Return of the ShepherdChapter Seven: ConclusionBibliography

Paul Sloan is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Andrews, UK.

This book is enjoyable to read. It is an excellent application of deep, thick analysis of textual correspondences ... Furthermore, the narrative thrust to his understanding of Mark is fascinating, and in my opinion is the major contribution of this work ... The fit of Sloan’s argument is elegant; it works with available material for the author and original readers, and is coherent in that interpretive universe.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsChapter One: Shape of the QuestionChapter Two: Analysis of Second Temple LiteratureChapter Three: Allusions to Zechariah Throughout MarkChapter Four: The Bookends: The Use of Zechariah 13:7 and 14:5 in MarkChapter Five: Review of Scholarship on Mark 13Chapter Six: Mark 13 and the Return of the ShepherdChapter Seven: ConclusionBibliography