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 Contents  Acknowledgments / ix Preface / xi List of Abbreviations / xv The Letter to Theodore / xvii Clement’s Citations from the Longer Gospel / xxiii Part One: Rethinking the Dominant Paradigms / 1 Chapter 1: A Longer, Esoteric Version of Mark’s Gospel / 3 Scholarly Assessments of the Longer Gospel / 6 A Literary Thesis / 19 Chapter 2: The Question of the Authenticity of the Letter to Theodore / 23 The Manuscript / 25 The Possibility of Modern Forgery / 28 The Possibility of Ancient Forgery / 59 Conclusions / 71 Chapter 3: Longer Mark’s Relation to Other Gospels / 75 Longer Mark’s Basis in Oral Tradition / 76 Longer Mark’s Relation to John / 85 Longer Mark’s Relation to Matthew and Luke / 98 Longer Mark’s Relation to Non-Canonical Gospels / 101 Longer Mark’s Relation to Canonical Mark / 105 Chapter 4: The Nature of the Longer Gospel / 121 Clement’s Conception of the Genre of the Longer Gospel / 121 The Reason for the Discretion Surrounding the Use of the Longer Gospel / 135 Conclusions / 142 vii brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page vii Chapter 5: The Original Purpose and Later Use of the Longer Gospel / 144 The Baptismal Reading of LGM 1b / 144 The Baptismal Reading of the Letter to Theodore / 147 Alternative Cultic Interpretations / 150 The Need for a Literary Perspective on LGM 1 and 2 / 153 The Original Purpose and Later Use of LGM 1 and 2 / 158 Conclusions / 162 Part Two: Analysis of Markan Literary Techniques / 163 Chapter 6: Longer Mark’s Use of Intercalation / 165 The Formal Characteristics of Intercalation / 166 The Hermeneutical Significance of Intercalation / 174 Excursus on the Relevance of Intercalation to the Question of the Authenticity of the Letter to Theodore / 176 Chapter 7: Longer Mark’s Use of Framing Stories / 180 What Constitutes an Inclusio? / 181 Do Mark 10:32 and 16:7–8 Create an Inclusio? / 182 LGM 1 and 2 and Mark 16:1–8 as a Frame for the Passion / 195 Chapter 8: Longer Mark’s Use of Verbal Echoes / 198 Reminiscences of the Man with Many Possessions / 199 “And After Six Days” / 201 The “Great Cry” from the Tomb / 203 “The Mystery of the Kingdom of God” / 205 LGM 1:12 as an Elaboration of Themes Introduced in Mark 4:11–12 / 207 The Mystery of the Kingdom of God and the Markan Gospel’s Imperative of “Spiritual” Understanding / 210 Deeper Understanding as a Literary Agenda Shared by the Longer and Shorter Gospels / 214 Chapter 9: Conclusions / 215 The Nature and Original Purpose of the Longer Gospel / 215 Who Wrote the Longer Gospel? / 220 How and When Was the Longer Gospel Composed? / 231 Longer Mark’s Relevance to Scholarship / 235 Notes / 239 Bibliography / 283 Modern Authors Index / 313 Ancient Sources Index / 318 Subject Index / 328 viii CONTENTS brown_00_fm.qxd 2005/04/26 12:22 PM Page viii ...

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