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Article: The Gospel of Mark
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- Interpretation
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- January 1, 2003
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The Gospel of Mark by John R. Donahue, SJ., and Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Sacra Pagina 2. Liturgical, Collegeville, 2002. 488 pp. $39.95 (cloth). ISBN 0-8146-5804-0. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT "NO BIBLICAL commentary can do everything," the authors of this substantial work have "tried to do a few things that [they] regard as very important: interpreting Mark as Mark and by Mark, noting the links between Mark's Gospel and the Old Testament, and exploring the meaning of Mark's Gospel for the first readers and for Christians today" (p. 3). While readers will find the commentary quite traditional in form and content, they will likely find it more user-friendly than most such commentaries. The ...