John's Transformation of Mark

<p><i>John's Transformation of Mark</i> brings together a cast of internationally recognised biblical scholars to investigate the relationship between the gospels of Mark and John. In a significant break with the prevailing view that the two gospels represent independent traditions the contributors all argue that John both knew and used the earlier gospel. <p/>Drawing on recent analytical categories such as social memory 'secondary orality ' or 'relecture ' and ancient literary genres such as 'rewritten Bible' and <i>bioi </i> the central questions that drive this volume focus on how John used Mark whether we should speak of 'dependence ' 'familiarity with ' or 'reception ' and whether John intended his work to be a supplement or a replacement of Mark. Together these chapters mount a strong case for a reassessment of one of the key tenets of modern biblical criticism and open up significant new avenues for further research.</p>