Anecdote in Mark, the Classical World and the Rabbis

Marion Moeser is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkley, California.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. THE ANECDOTE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF LITERARY CRITICISM Genre; The Anecdote - A Definition: The Anecdote in Modern Literary Studies From Orality to Literacy CHAPTER 2. THE ANECDOTE IN GREEK AND ROMAN WRITERS Ancient Education and the Progumnavsmata; Terms and Definitions; The Creiva or Chria in Quintilian and Greek and Latin Progymnasmata; Anecdotes in the DHMWNAKTOS BIOS of Lucian of Samosata; Chapter Conclusions CHAPTER 3. THE ANECDOTE IN RABBINIC WRITINGS Introduction; Anecdotes in the Mishnah; Anecdotes of Division Mo'ed Qatian; Anecdotes concerning Gamaliel; Chapter Conclusions CHAPTER 4. THE GOSPEL ANECDOTE IN NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP Form Critical Approaches; Rhetorical Approaches; Rabbinic Analogies to Gospel Anecdotes CHAPTER FIVE THE ANECDOTE IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK 8.27-10.45: 'ON THE WAY' The Gospel of Mark; Anecdotes in Mark 8.27 - 10.45; Form of the Anecdotes in Mark 8.27-10.4; Summary on the Form of the Anecdotes in Mark 8.27-10.45; Function of the Anecdotes in Mark 8.27-10.45; Chapter Conclusions Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography