Kata Markon

[Julian Waterfield <julian.waterfield AT exeter.oxford.ac.uk>]

Hello
 
> 1.  United Bible Societies, Greek New Testament.
> 
> 2.  Aland, Kurt, ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels, ninth edition (Stuttgart:
> German Bible Society, 1989).
I'd already found these ones. <g>

> this is the case, including that Mark is written in a Creole dialect of
> koine Greek (includes many Latinisms and Jewish words, phrases and the like)
> and is prose not verse.  
Can you tell me more about this?  Who has written on Mark's having a Creole
dialect?

> If one uses "storytelling ability" as the benchmark, then Mark is
> perhaps comparable to the Homeric epics, given both the gravity of its
> subject matter, and in particular, the way it was told / narrated
> (beginning, middle, and *ending*).
I'm actually pursuing this avenue at the moment.  Has there been much work 
done
on Mark's links with the Homeric Epics?  I've read MacDonald, but what else 
is 
of use?

Regards
Julian

Julian Waterfield
Exeter College, Oxford, OX1 3DP, UK