Modern, major commentaries on Mark

This list includes commentaries that give detailed attention to the Greek text and use more recent methods of analysis. Students are required to use modern commentaries in their exegetical assignments in order to become acquainted with resources that are scholarly and up-to-date. The number of pages gives some indication of how detailed the analysis is. If your commentary is not on this list, it does not count as a “modern, major” work. If you’d like a book to be added to this list, please contact the instructor. Most homiletical or expository commentaries, or "preachers' helps," despite being useful, are not adequate for academic work. You may cite them, but they do not count toward the minimum of modern, major works. All the books are available through Amazon, and I have provided a link if Amazon allows you to search inside the book. On some books, the first chapter is visible for free, using Kindle for PC.

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Mark

Beavis, Mary Ann. Mark. Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011. Amazon.

Black, C. Clifton. Mark. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 2011. 430 pages.

Bock, Darrell. Mark. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 416 pages. Amazon.

Boring, M. Eugene. Mark. New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. 470 pages. Amazon

Brower, Kent. Mark: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentary. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2012.

Carter, Warren. Mark. Wisdom Commentary Series. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 2019. Amazon. 

Collins, Adela Yarbro. Mark. Hermeneia. Fortress, 2007. 800 pages. Amazon

Constable, Thomas L. "Notes on Mark." 204 pages. https://www.planobiblechapel.org/tcon/notes/html/nt/mark/mark.htm  

Culpepper, R. Alan. Mark. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2007. 640 pages.

Donahue, John R. The Gospel of Mark. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002. 491 pages. Amazon

Dowd, Sharyn. Reading Mark: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Reading the New Testament. Smyth & Helwys, 2016. Amazon.

Dunn, James D. G. Mark: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary. International Critical Commentary. T&T Clark, 2018.

Edwards, James. The Gospel According to Mark. Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. 578 pages. Amazon

Evans, Craig A. Mark 8:27-16:20. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001. 594 pages. Evans also wrote The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary, and much of it is available on books.google.com

Focant, Camille, and Leslie Robert Keylock. The Gospel According to Mark: A Commentary. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012. 740 pages. Amazon

France, R. T. The Gospel of Mark. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. 765 pages. Amazon

Geddert, Timothy J. Mark. Believer's Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 2001. 454 pages. Amazon.

Hartman, Lars. Mark for the Nations: A Text- and Reader-Oriented Commentary.  Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015. Translated from Swedish. 706 pages. Amazon.

Healy, Mary. The Gospel of Mark. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. 352 pages. Amazon

Hooker, Morna D. The Gospel According to Saint Mark. Black's New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009. 424 pages.

Kernaghan, Ronald J. Mark. IVP New Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007. 352 pages.  Amazon

Le Peau, Andrew T. Mark Through Old Testament Eyes: A Background and Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2017.

MacArthur, John. Mark 1-8. MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Moody, 2015. 480 pages. Amazon.  Mark 9-16. 2015.

MacArthur, John. Mark 9-16. MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Moody, 2015. 448 pages. Amazon.

Marcus, Joel. Mark. 2 vols. Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000, 2009. 1264 pages. Vol. 1  Vol. 2

Moloney, Francis J. The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002. 398 pages. Amazon Now published by Baker.

Osborne, Grant. Mark. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Baker, 2014. 352 pages. Amazon.

Placher, William C. Mark. Belief: A Theological Commentary. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010. 272 pages. Amazon.

Smith, David. Mark: A Commentary for Bible Students. Wesleyan Bible Commentary. Wesleyan, 2007. 312 pages.

Spencer, F. Scott. Reading Mark: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2023. Amazon

Strauss, Mark L. Mark. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Zondervan, 2014. 784 pages. Amazon.

Stein, Robert H. Mark. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. 848 pages. 

Tan, Kim Huat. Mark. New Covenant Commentary. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015. Amazon.

Turner, David, and Darrell Bock. Matthew, Mark. Cornerstone Biblical Commentary. Tyndale House. 2006. 576 pages total.

Voelz, James W. Mark 1:1 - 8:26. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 2013. 

Voelz, James W., and Christopher W. Mitchell. Mark 8:27-16:30. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 2019.  1000 pages.

Witherington, Ben. The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. 463 pages. Amazon

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This page was updated on May 15, 2023