Mark by Heart

from Currents in Theology and Mission 38.6 (December 2011)

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Mark: Forming Disciples for the Way of Peace
Thomas E. Boomershine

Renovating Power: Embodying Jesus’ New Way
Philip L. Ruge-Jones

Follow Me: Reflections on Internalizing, Embodying, and Performing the Gospel of Mark
Tracy A. Radosevic

Sixty Miles and Sixteen Chapters: My Journey to Learn the Gospel of Mark by Heart and What it Taught Me
Zachary P. Sturm

The Year of Mark: A Year for Performance
Peter S. Perry

Telling the Story
Dawn F. Silvius

Gospel By Heart
Clark K. Olson-Smith

Scripture by Heart: Reconnecting Word and Heart
Peter R. Olson

Off the Page, Into the Heart, and Out of the Mouth: Tools for Telling the Stories of Scripture by Heart
Dennis Hart Dewey

Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel

Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age

by Christopher A. Rollston

(SBL, 2010)

Ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions from Israel, Phoenicia, Syria, Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Philistia enlighten and sharpen our vision of the Old Testament world in various ways. Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel focuses on this epigraphic evidence in order to broaden our understanding of the techniques and roles of writing, education, and literacy during this biblical period. To that end, the volume systematically covers scribal education; scribal implements; writing media such as stones, potsherds, and plaster; and the religious, administrative, and personal uses of writing. Its “handbook” format makes it easily accessible, including for use as a textbook in courses addressing the cultural context of ancient Israel.

Read a review by David Carr.