Derek Tovey is lecturer in New Testament at the College of St. John the Evangelist, Auckland, New Zealand, and an honorary lecturer in the School of Theology, University of Auckland. He is the author of Jesus, Story of God: John's Story of Jesus (2007).
Mark's Gospel contains two messianic secrets: who the Messiah is,
and what disciples of the Messiah do. Derek Tovey expertly reveals
the secrets, using his knowledge of narrative technique and his
scholarship of the Gospels. In doing this, a beautiful and fresh
reading of the Gospel is given for the modern reader. There are
hidden depths in Mark's Gospel. This guide brings each of them into
the light.
--Peter Carrell, Director, Theology House, New Zealand
In this engaging and readable book, Derek Tovey uses a
narrative-critical approach to Mark's story of Jesus. He shows
that, while the story ends abruptly at 16:8, the real ending is in
Mark 13. Here the author encourages the rehabilitated disciples,
and indeed Mark's readers of every generation, to 'keep awake'
until the kingdom of God is established. This is an insightful
treatment of Mark's story. It deserves to be widely read.
--Philip Church, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of
Theology Mission and Ministry, Laidlaw College, New Zealand This is
an accessible, yet profound, invitation to the Gospel of Mark, and
its concluding questions will enable both the sole reader/disciple
as well as various study groups to encounter the story of Jesus as
told by the evangelist, Mark.
--Professor Elaine Wainwright, Head of School of Theology,
University of Auckland, New Zealand Beginning with the troubling
original ending of Mark's Gospel, Derek Tovey takes the reader on a
journey to discover the identity of Jesus. En route he finds an
account of Jesus that gently but firmly leads readers of the Gospel
. . . to begin to write their own lives into the story. Backed by
non-intrusive scholarship, this highly accessible investigation is
filled with insight both on the Gospel of Mark and on the figure of
Jesus.
--Tim Meadowcroft, Head of School of Theology, Mission and
Ministry, Laidlaw College, New Zealand For those of us--myself
included--who think we have more or less grasped what Mark is doing
in his Gospel, Derek Tovey gives us ample reason to think again!
This is an engagingly written journey though Mark that will, for
example, offer Lenten and other study groups a refreshing,
rewarding, and readable account of who Jesus is, and what it means
to follow him today.
--Bob Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Laidlaw College, New Zealand
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