Born 1945; 1991-2000 Professor of New Testament, and Chair, Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago; since 2000 Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT.

• 1. Introduction2. The Genre of Mark: Its Production and Models2.1. Composition and Performance in Mark 132.2. Genre and the Gospels3. The Characterization of Jesus in Mark: Identity and Deeds3.1. Rulers, Divine Men, and Walking on the Water (Mark 6:45-52)3.2. Mark and His Readers: The Son of God among Jews3.3 Mark and His Readers: The Son of God among Greeks and Romans3.4. Jesus's Action in Herod's Temple3.5. Messianic Secret and the Gospel of Mark3.6. What Sort of Jew is the Jesus of Mark?4. The Passion Narrative4.1. The Genre of the Passion Narrative4.2. The Flight of the Naked Young Man4.3. From Noble Death to Crucified Messiah5. The Death of Jesus5.1. Finding Meaning in the Death of Jesus5.2. The Signification of Mark 10:45 among Gentile Christians6. The Empty Tomb and Its Significance6.1. The Empty Tomb and Resurrection according to Mark6.2. Ancient Notions of Transferral and Apotheosis in Relation to the Empty Tomb Story in Mark