Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part 1—Postcolonial Theory and the Bible
2. Postcolonial Theory
3. Postcolonial Criticism in Biblical Studies
Part 2—Mark in European Colonialism
4. Modern Biblical Studies and Empire
5. The Semitic and the Greek (1:1)
6. Between Man and Brute (5:1–20)
7. Submissive Heathen and Superior Greek (7:24–30)
8. The Embarrassing Parousia (8:31–9:1)
9. “Only Absolutely Spiritual” (11:1–11)
10. An Irish Cat among the Pigeons (12:13–17)
11. The Centurion between East and West (15:39)
12. Conclusion: Mark and European Colonialism
Part 3—Mark in the Roman Empire
13. Mark Begins to Circulate
14. An Oppositional Beginning (1:1)
15. Imperial Satire (5:1–20)
16. Entering a Narrative Crisis (7:24–30)
17. The Parousia as Pharmakon (8:31–9:1)
18. With Bhabha at the Jerusalem City Gates (11:1–22)
19. The Emperor Breaks the Surface (12:13–17)
20. The Secrecy Complex as a Third Space (15:39)
21. How Mark Destabilizes Empire
Part 4—Uninheriting a Colonial Heritage
22. Different Marks in Different Empires
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors