In this file you will find the table of contents for each of the nine chapters and four appendices of my book, The Theological Intentions of Mark’s Literary Devices: Markan Intercalations, Frames, Allusionary Repetitions, Narrative Surprises, and Three Types of Mirroring.
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This file contains a list of the abbreviations for the periodicals that were used in my book, The Theological Intentions of Mark’s Literary Devices, as well as 57 pages of bibliography on the Gospel of Mark.
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Four very helpful appendices have been added to my book, The Theological Intentions of Mark’s Literary Devices.
APPENDIX I: A SUMMARY OF MARKAN LITERARY DEVICES
This includes Markan Intercalations or Sandwiches, Markan Frames, Allusionary Repetitions, Markan Narrative Surprises, Temporal Mirroring, Geographical Mirroring, and Ceremonial Ritual Mirroring.
APPENDIX II: EXAMPLES OF IRONY IN MARK’S GOSPEL
APPENDIX III: A LIST OF MARKAN INTERCALATIONS
A Chart of the Findings in Secondary Literature
An Evaluation of Possible Intercalations Not Found in Chapter 2
APPENDIX IV: OUTLINES OF THE STRUCTURE OF MARK
Structural Pattern #1: Based on Markan Frames
Structural Pattern #2: Transitions Providing Structure
Structural Pattern #3: Chiastic Structures
Structural Pattern #4: Three-Step Progression
Structural Pattern #5: Geographical Structure
Structural Pattern #6: The Kerygma Providing Structure
Structural Pattern #7: A Five Act Hellenistic Drama
Structural Pattern #8: Mark as an Episodic Narrative
Structural Pattern #9: Deep Structure Organization
Structural Pattern #10: Rhetorical Structure
Structural Pattern #11: The Theme of “The Way”
Structural Pattern #12: Christological Outlines
Structural Pattern #13: Discipleship in Two Parts
Structural Pattern #14: Discipleship Outline in 5 Cycles
I suggest that this last outline best catches the particular emphases embedded in the Gospel of Mark as well as the flow of material.
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