Download or read book The Problem of Markan Genre written by Michael E. Vines and published by Society of Biblical Literature. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Gospel of Mark is in some respects similar to Greco-Roman novelistic genres, the author maintains that it compares more favorably with Jewish novelistic literature of the Hellenistic period, and that Mark writes within this narrative tradition. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)