Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross, Chapters 1 - 8This monumental work presents a careful, well argued alternative reading of the Greek text of Mark a reading that pays special attention to such literary devices as word order, chiasm, inclusio, asyndeton, and the historical present tense. Driving the commentary is Gundry's provocative, seldom defended thesis that Mark's Gospel constitutes a straightforward apology for the shameful manner of Jesus' death; as such Mark is essentially an evangelistic