Between Author and Audience in Mark: Narration, Characterization, Interpretation

Publisher Marketing: The first three essays in this volume move in different ways between real and implied Markan realities: from implied audience to real (ancient) audience, from real (contemporary, oral) narrator to implied (ancient, oral) narrator, and from implied audience to various real (or 'unimplied') audiences. The next three essays treat the central Markan reality of parable as it connects author, narrator, and audience in challenging ways. The final three essays concern the relation of Mark's characters among themselves or the relation of narrator and character, recognizing the complexity of characterization in the Gospel as a form of communication between author and audience. Contributor Bio:  Malbon, Elizabeth Struthers Elizabeth Struthers Malbon is Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her published works include "Mark's Jesus" and "In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel".