This research work investigates the problem whether the texts of the love commandment, which are quotations of Deut 6,4-5 and Lev 19,18, have their original OT meaning in the Gospel of Mark or whether they acquire, besides, this a specific enrichment. The study not only affirms such a specificity but also demonstrates its richness and depth.

The methodology employed is modern Redaction-criticism which differs from classical Redaction-criticism in that it is a synchronic and takes the text as it stands as a coherent and wholistic document to be understood in terms of itself and thus studies it in integral reading.

George Keerankeri, SJ, was born on 10 December 1944.
He is lecturer of the New Testament at Vidyajyoti College of Theology, the Jesuit Faculty of Theology in Delhi, India.

Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico (Roma 2003)
ISBN 88-7653-150-5

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