Table of Contents

• Introduction: Characterization as Narrative Christology
• 2. Enacted Christology: What Jesus Does
• 3. Projected Christology: What Others Say
• 4. Deflected Christology: What Jesus Says in Response
• 5. Refracted Christology: What Jesus Says Instead
• 6. Reflected Christology: What Others Do
• 7. Implications: The Markan Jesus, Mark's Jesus, and the Historical Jesus
• Indexes: Biblical Citations; Authors

About the Author

Elizabeth Struthers Malbon is Professor in the Religious Studies Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is the editor of Between Author and Audience in Mark: Narration, Characterization, Interpretation and the author of Hearing Mark: A Listener's Guide and In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel. She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Reviews

"With characteristic insight, Malbon here opens our eyes to the multi-layered Markan narrative. An invaluable companion." -- Paula Gooder, Writer & Lecturer in Biblical Studies

"This is Malbon at her most insightful and resourceful. Experts and dabblers alike will find the book enlightening and rewarding." -- Stephen D Moore, author of "Mark & Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies"

Malbon has now pulled together the research of more than twenty-five years of research into an attractive and readable volume that both brings the inexperienced reader up to speed and advances the discussion. -- Review of Biblical Literature