Books in the Journal for the study of the Old Testament supplement series series

The gospel of Mark, especially 10:32-45, contains teachings attributed to Jesus on the use and abuse of power. This book applies different methods and approaches: orality, criticism, literary criticism and sensitivity for the social and cultural environment of the text to Jesus's message on power.

The argument of this book is two-fold: the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the moral material of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole.