Michael J. Thate is Associate Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University.

"This important, sophisticated work advances the emerging and growing conversation about the relationship between trauma studies and biblical interpretation...This book contains important and provocative proposals that will spark both thinking and discussion about Mark's community and Gospel, leaving one with much to ponder." (Religious Studies Review) "Thate's book is a significant contribution to the study of the Gospel of Mark, which may provide an enduring space of reflection from the perspective of trauma studies for years to come." (Review of Biblical Literature) "An erudite and groundbreaking work that advances a new reading of Mark's Gospel at a time when attention to the study of trauma is making an impact on biblical scholarship, The Godman and the Sea is a book that not only New Testament scholars but also theologians and philosophers more generally will turn to as a watershed study." (Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology) "Michael Thate is a powerful new intellectual voice capable of transforming our understanding of an exceedingly familiar gospel from the New Testament. His book is an extraordinary achievement that presents us with a compelling rewiring of the historical, textual, and conceptual potential of early Jewish and Christian experience for other canons which also shape us, generally without our realizing it." (Ward Blanton, University of Kent)

Michael J. Thate is Associate Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University.

"This important, sophisticated work advances the emerging and growing conversation about the relationship between trauma studies and biblical interpretation...This book contains important and provocative proposals that will spark both thinking and discussion about Mark's community and Gospel, leaving one with much to ponder." (Religious Studies Review) "Thate's book is a significant contribution to the study of the Gospel of Mark, which may provide an enduring space of reflection from the perspective of trauma studies for years to come." (Review of Biblical Literature) "An erudite and groundbreaking work that advances a new reading of Mark's Gospel at a time when attention to the study of trauma is making an impact on biblical scholarship, The Godman and the Sea is a book that not only New Testament scholars but also theologians and philosophers more generally will turn to as a watershed study." (Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology) "Michael Thate is a powerful new intellectual voice capable of transforming our understanding of an exceedingly familiar gospel from the New Testament. His book is an extraordinary achievement that presents us with a compelling rewiring of the historical, textual, and conceptual potential of early Jewish and Christian experience for other canons which also shape us, generally without our realizing it." (Ward Blanton, University of Kent)