An Early Reader of Mark and Q

The present volume contains the proceedings of the Second International

Colloquium of the Leuven Centre for the Study of the Gospels which dealt

with the major source- and redaction-critical issues that are at stake

in explaining the composition and theology of the Gospel of Mark. Though

a classical question, the issue seems to have lost some of its

momentum in recent years, but the papers and the discussion they brought

about demonstrate that it remains a crucial aspect and foundation for

any type of research on the gospels. Contributors were asked to study

the ways Mark has composed his gospel on the basis of various sources

and traditions, which at times he used quite freely, putting his own

mark on part of this source material, and even combined with such

sections he probably created himself. The overall picture is that of an

author who is constantly in dialogue with the Christian tradition he had

received, while also actively contributing to its further development

for some of the central topics of Christian theology. Contributions by

H.T. Fleddermann, P. Foster, J.S. Kloppenborg, J. Marcus, M.J.J. Menken,

U. Poplutz, C.M. Tuckett, A. Wucherpfennig, R. Zimmermann.