New Testament Gateway: The Gospel of Mark

Web Sites

The Text This Week: Mark
By Jenee Woodard: comprehensive and well-organized index to web resources on Mark, including both general resources and a Scripture Index.

Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark
By Carl Conrad: new translation and textual commentary on Mark's Gospel -- recommended.

Einführung in das Markus-Evangelium
Introductory materials on Mark, specially focused on the analysis of Mark 1.21-28. An element in Prof. Dr Suhl's excellent CIT-Computerunterstützte Interpretation von Texten.

Windows Into the World of Jesus: Studies in Mark's Gospel
By Daniel P. Schrock: fine, illustrated introduction to the cultural world of Jesus, primarily using the gospel of Mark, arranged in a series of thirteen topics. Each study begins with the Biblical text and proceeds with both the author's own commentary and some well chosen external links. Originally created for an adult Christian education class, this is ideal for students.

The Gospel of Mark: A Study Based on the Old Testament
By Jeanie Crain: useful introductory on-line study on Mark, arranged chapter by chapter.

The Mark Group of the Society of Biblical Literature (New)
By Tom Shepherd: full information on the Mark Group at the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting..

Kata Markon
The Gospel of Mark Discussion List. Note: the information on this page is out of date; in order to subscribe to Corpus Paul, please visit the following link:

Introductory and General

Robert M. Grant, “The Gospel of Mark”, Chapter 8 in A Historical Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), reproduced on Religion-Online.

Richard Heard, "The Gospel of Mark", Chapter 7 in An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950), reproduced on Religion-Online.

MacRory, J, "The Gospel of Saint Mark", Catholic Encyclopaedia (1910)

Barry D. Smith, "The Gospel of Mark", an element among the on-line course materials for The New Testament and Its Context at Atlantic Baptist University.

Daniel B. Wallace, "Mark: Introduction, Argument, Outline", on-line article (at The Biblical Studies Foundation).