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The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
Get PDFContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
John Graves, Writer
No full textIntro -- Contents -- Preface (Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon) -- Introduction (Mark Busby) -- PART ONE. Talking with John Graves -- The Writer John Graves Symposium (Sam Hynes, Dave Hickey, John Graves, and Mark Busby) -- An Interview with John Graves (Dave Hamrick) -- PART TWO. Friends -- John (Bill Wittliff) -- John Graves: A Tribute (Rick Bass) -- John Graves Tribute, November 11, 2000 (William Broyles) -- John Graves From Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas Family (John R. Erickson) -- Texas Past, Texas Present (Bill Harvey) -- The Golden Age of John Graves (James Ward Lee) -- PART THREE. Works -- Haunted Landscapes: The Ecology of Story in John Graves' Texas (Alex Hunt) -- Goodbye to a River and American Environmental Literature (Terrell Dixon) -- Two Approaches to Ecology and Gender in Goodbye to a River (James Langston) -- Boys' Stories: Beverly Lowry, John Graves, and the (Male) Texas Literary Tradition in The Perfect Sonya (Betsy Berry) -- Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves (Dickie Maurice Heaberlin) -- Brazos Bildungsroman: John Graves and Texas in Transition in Goodbye to a River (Lisa Slappey) -- Contested Landscapes: John Graves' Meditations on Hard Scrabble Texas History and Ecosystems (Barbara J. Cook) -- Kindred Spirits: John Graves and Texas Monthly (Cory Lock) -- Auroras of Autumn: John Graves' Valedictions (Don Graham) -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- IndexDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The Gospel on the Margins: The Ideological Function of the Patristic Tradition on the Evangelist Mark
Get PDFIn spite of the virtually unanimous patristic opinion that the evangelist Mark was the interpreter of Peter, one of the most prestigious apostolic founding figures in Christian memory, the Gospel of Mark was mostly neglected in the patristic period. Not only is the text of Mark the least well represented of the canonical Gospels in terms of the number of patristic citations, commentaries and manuscripts, the explicit comments about the evangelist Mark reveal some ambivalence about its literary or theological value. In my survey of the reception of Mark from Papias of Hierapolis until Clement of Alexandria, I will argue that the reason why the patristic writers were hesitant to embrace the Gospel of Mark was that they perceived the text to be amenable to the Christological beliefs and social praxis of rival Christian factions. The patristic tradition about Mark may have little historical basis, but it had an important ideological function in appropriating the text in the name of an apostolic authority from the margins or periphery
Mark Dixon Interview
No full textMark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-war occupation of Germany
Well-known trade mark protection: confusion in EU and Japan
No full textIn this thesis concerning the protection of well-known trade marks against confusion in the European Community Trade Mark (CTM) and Japanese trademark systems, the author critically considers the difficulties in comprehensively defining ‘well-known trade mark’ in the relevant international trade mark instruments. After critical analysis of various definitions of both ‘trade mark’ and ‘well-known trade mark’, she undertakes a comparison of the definitions of the parallel concepts of ‘trade mark of repute’ and ‘syuchi-syohyo’, and also undertakes an assessment as to the extent to which these trade marks are protected against confusion and kondo in the CTM and Japanese systems, respectively. It is concluded that the protection of well- known trade marks against confusion in the CTM and Japan cannot be said to be completely clear, and the author identifies some areas for legal refor
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[Quilt Section with Dedications to R. L. Taylor, Ramon Valdez, Mark Wiggington III, and John]
No full textPhotograph of a section of the AIDS memorial quilt with panels dedicated to R. L. Taylor, Ramon Valdez, Mark Wiggington III, and John
Incomprehension or resistance? : the Markan disciples and the narrative logic of Mark 4:1—8:30
No full textThe characterization of the Markan disciples has been and continues to be the object of much scholarly reflection and speculation. For many, the Markan author’s presentation of Jesus’ disciples holds a key, if not the key, to unlocking the purpose and function of the gospel as a whole. Commentators differ as to whether the Markan disciples ultimately serve a pedagogical or polemical function, yet they are generally agreed that the disciples in Mark come off rather badly, especially when compared to their literary counterparts in Matthew, Luke, and John.
This narrative-critical study considers the characterization of the Markan disciples within the Sea Crossing movement (Mark 4:1–8:30). While commentators have, on the whole, interpreted the disciples’ negative characterization in this movement in terms of lack of faith and/or incomprehension, neither of these, nor a combination of the two, fully accounts for the severity of language leveled against the disciples by the narrator (6:52) and Jesus (8:17–18). Taking as its starting point an argument by Jeffrey B. Gibson (1986) that the harshness of Jesus’ rebuke in Mark 8:14–21 is occasioned not by the disciples’ lack of faith or incomprehension but by their active resistance to his Gentile mission, this investigation uncovers additional examples of the disciples’ resistance to Gentile mission, offering a better account of their negative portrayal within the Sea Crossing movement and helping explain many of their other failures.
In short, this study argues that in Mark 4:1–8:26, the disciples are characterized as resistant to Jesus’ Gentile mission and to their participation in that mission, the chief consequence being that they are rendered incapable of recognizing Jesus’ vocational identity as Israel’s Messiah (Thesis A). This leads to a secondary thesis, namely, that in Mark 8:27–30, Peter’s recognition of Jesus’ messianic identity indicates that the disciples have finally come to accept Jesus’ Gentile mission and their participation in it (Thesis B).
“Chapter One: Introduction” offers a selective review of scholarly treatments of the Markan disciples, which shows that few scholars attribute resistance, let alone purposeful resistance, to the disciples.
“Chapter Two: The Rhetoric of Repetition” introduces the methodological tools, concepts, and perspectives employed in the study. It includes a section on narrative criticism, which focuses upon the story-as-discoursed and the implied author and reader, and a section on Construction Grammar, a branch of cognitive linguistics founded by Charles Fillmore and further developed by Paul Danove, which focuses upon semantic and narrative frames and case frame analysis.
“Chapter Three: The Sea Crossing Movement, Mark 4:1–8:30” addresses the question of Markan structure and argues that Mark 4:1–8:30 comprises a single, unified, narrative movement, whose action and plot is oriented to the Sea of Galilee and whose most distinctive feature is the network of sea crossings that transport Jesus and his disciples back and forth between Jewish and Gentile geopolitical spaces.
Following William Freedman, “Chapter Four: The Literary Motif” introduces two criteria (frequency and avoidability) for determining objectively what constitutes a literary motif and provides the methodological basis and starting point for the analyses performed in chapters five and six.
“Chapter Five: The Sea Crossing Motif” establishes and then carries out a lengthy narrative analysis of the Sea Crossing motif, which is oriented around Mark’s use of θάλασσα (thalassa) and πλοῖον (ploion), and “Chapter Six: The Loaves Motif” does the same for The Loaves motif, oriented around Mark’s use of ἄρτος (artos).
Finally, “Chapter Seven: The Narrative Logic of the Disciples (In)comprehension” draws together all narrative, linguistic, and exegetical insights of the previous chapters and offers a single coherent reading of the Sea Crossing movement that establishes Theses A and B.
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Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 206
No full textKinishba Lost and Found: Mid-Century Excavations and Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by John R. Welch With Contributions by: Mark T. Altaha, Richard Ciolek-Torello, T. J. Ferguson, Carl D. Halbirt, Nicholas C. Laluk, Patrick D. Lyons, J. Jefferson Reid, Charles R. Riggs, James B. Shaeffer, Margaret M. Shaeffer, Daniela Triadan, John R. Welch.
Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 206.Un-silencing Kinishba. Volume purposes ; Personal commitments and professional ethics in knowledge creation ; Editing the Shaeffer reports ; Volume scope and content / by John R. Welch -- Episodes in Kinishba's cultural and management histories. Regional cultural history and local periods of rapid change ; The Shaeffers at Kinishba / by John R. Welch -- The excavation of Group VI, ruins of a small house unit. Environment ; Culture and research history ; Plan of the site ; The plan and building phases of Group VI ; Material culture / James B. Shaeffer and Margaret M. Shaeffer -- The excavation of the Group I Great Kiva. The Great Kiva ; The smaller earthen kivas ; Ceramic stratigraphy ; Age of the kivas ; Factual summary ; Interpretation / James B. Shaeffer and Margaret M. Shaeffer -- Before Kinishba : two late pit house period settlements near Fort Apache. Background ; The project ; Buh bi laa Village ; East Fork Village / Richard Ciolek-Torello and Carl D. Halbirt -- A grasshopper architectural perspective on Kinishba. The importance of architecture ; Comparative description ; Domestic architecture and room use ; Ceremonial architecture / by Charles R. Riggs -- "By their fruits ye shall know them" : the pottery of Kinishba revisited. Previous research on the Kinishba ceramic assemblage ; Reanalysis of Kinishba ceramics ; Results of the reanalysis ; Chronology ; Conclusion: Kinishba pottery in regional context / by Patrick D. Lyons -- Compositional and distributional analyses of some fourteenth century ceramics from Kinishba Pueblo : implications for pottery production and migration. Previous research ; The whole vessel assemblage ; Distributions of whole and reconstructible vessels ; Compositional analyses of Kinishba ceramics / by Daniela Triadan -- The Kinishba Boundary Survey. Grasshopper Settlement ; Kinishba Settlement ; Sites within a one-mile perimeter of Grasshopper and Kinishba ; Sites with 25 or more rooms ; / by John R. Welch, Nicholas C. Laluk, and Mark T. Altaha -- Apache, Hopi and Zuni perspectives on Kinishba history and stewardship. White Mountain Apache Tribe heritage stewardship and repatriation ; NAGPRA mandates and repatriation realities ; Putting patria back into repatriation : project methods ; Hopi cultural affiliation with Kinishba ; Zuni cultural affiliation with Kinishba ; Apache perspectives on Kinishba cultural affiliation ; Translating wisdom into policy and practice ; Conclusion: Reclaiming Kinishba / by John R. Welch and T.J. Ferguson -- Encounters with Kinishba : a Grasshopper perspective. Kinishba : classroom and showroom ; A framework for future critiques ; Archaeology and the White Mountain Apache / by J. Jefferson Reid.
Un-silencing Kinishba / by John R. Welch -- Episodes in Kinishba's cultural and management histories / by John R. Welch -- The excavation of Group VI, ruins of a small house unit / by James B. Shaeffer and Margaret M. Shaeffer -- The excavation of the Group I Great Kiva / by James B. Shaeffer and Margaret M. Shaeffer -- Before Kinishba : two late pit house period settlements near Fort Apache / by Richard Ciolek-Torello and Carl D. Halbirt -- A Grasshopper architectural perspective on Kinishba / by Charles R. Riggs -- "By their fruits ye shall know them" : the pottery of Kinishba revisited / by Patrick D. Lyons -- Compositional and distributional analyses of some fourteenth century ceramics from Kinishba Pueblo : implications for pottery production and migration / by Daniela Triadan -- The Kinishba Boundary Survey / by John R. Welch, Nicholas C. Laluk, and Mark T. Altaha -- Apache, Hopi and Zuni perspectives on Kinishba history and stewardship / by John R. Welch and T.J. Ferguson -- Encounters with Kinishba : a Grasshopper perspective / by J. Jefferson Reid.This title from the ASM Archaeological Series is made available by the Arizona State Museum and University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions about this title, please contact Jannelle Weakly at the Arizona State Museum, (520) 621-6311, [email protected]
Eyes to see and ears to hear: Discernment of revelation in the gospel of Mark
Get PDFThe biblical tradition affirms that God reveals himself, but also that such revelation is hidden and diverse, surprising and paradoxical. The aim of this study is to examine how Mark understands revelation to be given and discerned. A redaction-critical approach is taken for this study of one aspect of Mark's theology, although insights from literary criticism are also used. Mark understands Jesus' death to be the most important event and place where God is revealed. In order to understand this correctly, as well as Jesus' teaching and miracles, a certain spiritual discernment is necessary, and the biblical tradition uses hearing and seeing as metaphors for this. How and under what circumstances such discernment becomes possible and what kinds of things or attitudes help or hinder the process are explored. The first two chapters show how revelation is given and discerned in the OT and in Jewish apocalyptic literature. The main part of the study, chapter 3, explores how Mark takes up and develops these themes and how he uses Jesus ‘teaching and miracles in a symbolic way to lead both the disciples and his readers on a journey of revelation, suffering and humility. Discernment of revelation also has social consequences, and for Mark the people of God are now seen as those who have discerned God's revelation in Jesus
Professor John Carver, Professor Sir mark Oliphant
No full textResearch School of Physical Sciences - Founders Day - Sir Ernest Titterton, Prof. Kurt Mahler, Prof. Bernhard Neumann, Prof. E. Sir Mark Oliphant, Mr. Jimmy Edwards, Mr. J. W. (Jack) Blamey, Prof. John Carver, Prof. L. W. Nichol, Dr. Bob Crompton, Mr. John Gascoigne, Dr. Marshall, Dr. Paul Wild, Prof. Em. Ken Le Couteur, Dr. N. Mason, Mr. A. Lawson, Mr. G. McClusky, Mr. G. Sampietro, Mr. P. Walsh, Mr. C. Wawerek, Mr. L. Berzins, Mr. D. Taylor, Mr. R. Ball, Dr. Lindsay Tassie, Mr. Gary Renner, Mr. R. Nazikian, Mr. D. F. Zhou, Mr. I. Morey, Dr. G. Kentwell, Dr. Paul Wild, Dr. Roy Green, Dr. Michael Bessel, Dr. John Norris, Dr. Donald Faulkner, Mr. Richard Duffin, Mrs. P. Ohlmus, Mr. H. Jenner, Dr. Peter O. Carden, David King, Julian Taylor, Nick van Vucht, Gary Knowles, Prof. Em. Bernhard Neumann, Mr. Liu Yi, Mr. Zheng Zue Heng, Mr. Tay Teng Tiow, Dr. Kenneth George Herbert Baldwin & other
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