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(More customer reviews)This book argues that the Gospel of Mark was composed not by a single man compiling the oral and written accounts available to him, but by a series of storytellers reciting in public over many decades their traditional tales of Jesus. The tellers adapted these tales to their changing audiences until a time came when the stories were reduced to writing.
In presenting her case, Wire examines recent research on the nature of oral traditional literature, applies it to the language of Mark, examines the processes by which oral recitations became written documents, and shows how this affects the interpretation of this gospel. The result is a new and striking perspective on what had seemed thoroughly familiar.
One of the most pleasing aspects of the book is Wire's language. I was prepared to fight my way through thickets of jargon. Instead I found her prose as clear and sparkling as a mountain stream. A reviewer justly describes the book as presenting Wire's arguments with "precision, clarity, and elegance." Even for one with the most casual interest in the subject, the book is a pleasure to read.
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