The First Biography of Jesus <subTitle>Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bond, Helen K.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>317tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Helen Bond argues that Mark's author uses the genre of biography--while both utilizing and subverting its literary conventions--to extend the proclamation from an earlier narrow focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus to include his way of life. The First Biography of Jesus shows how this was a bold step in outlining a radical form of Christian discipleship, one patterned on the life and death of Jesus.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Helen K. Bond</note> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- Biography</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Mark -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">226.3</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B711-H47</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802874603</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14215/the-first-biography-of-jesus.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14215/the-first-biography-of-jesus.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071335.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>