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John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark: A Mahāyāna Reading (Faith meets faith), Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1995, viii-423 pp

John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark: A Mahāyāna Reading (Faith meets faith), Maryknoll NY: Orbis,... 90 ing information. The incorrectness is due in part to the fact that historical or societal facts are not updated with recent information or are based on partial points of view. When the author discusses the relationship between the Copts and the Byzantines in the first centuries, he lets us know that it was not a surprise that the Copts welcomed the Arabs as liberators. The break has not been repaired, he says, "even though there have been attempts of reconciliation between the Coptic and Roman church, as evi- denced by the visit of the Coptic Patriarch Shenuda to Pope Paul VI in Rome in the seventies" (p.127). I quote this in extenso for three reasons. Firstly, it strikes that the author connects so easily historical facts from the sixth with those of the twentieth century. This 'jumping' way of treat- ment of facts seems to me typical for the whole book. Secondly, it is not quite clear what the argument is in connecting the old Coptic-Byzantine conflict and the modern Coptic-Roman Catholic attempts at reconciliation. Thirdly, the current painful relationship between Pope Shenuda and Pope Jean Paul II is not mentioned at all, whereas the reader would http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark: A Mahāyāna Reading (Faith meets faith), Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1995, viii-423 pp

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© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0166-2740
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1572-543X
DOI
10.1163/157254398X00574
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90 ing information. The incorrectness is due in part to the fact that historical or societal facts are not updated with recent information or are based on partial points of view. When the author discusses the relationship between the Copts and the Byzantines in the first centuries, he lets us know that it was not a surprise that the Copts welcomed the Arabs as liberators. The break has not been repaired, he says, "even though there have been attempts of reconciliation between the Coptic and Roman church, as evi- denced by the visit of the Coptic Patriarch Shenuda to Pope Paul VI in Rome in the seventies" (p.127). I quote this in extenso for three reasons. Firstly, it strikes that the author connects so easily historical facts from the sixth with those of the twentieth century. This 'jumping' way of treat- ment of facts seems to me typical for the whole book. Secondly, it is not quite clear what the argument is in connecting the old Coptic-Byzantine conflict and the modern Coptic-Roman Catholic attempts at reconciliation. Thirdly, the current painful relationship between Pope Shenuda and Pope Jean Paul II is not mentioned at all, whereas the reader would

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