In these times of renewed interest in Jesus, the Gospel stories, "The Passion of the Christ," and The DaVinci Code, people are not just hungry to know Jesus as the Christ of Christianity but as he might have been as a real, live human being. In Through Mark’s Eyes, Jesus is not a theological reference point; he’s a man who laughs.

This book is neither a novel nor a short story; it is not a new, feel-good gospel translation. Nor is it a theological exposé.  Rather, Through Mark’s Eyes is a unique recapitulation of the actual Gospel of Mark but given depth and breadth by vivid descriptions that draw the reader deeply into the Jesus story. Above all, Through Mark’s Eyes inspires the imagination so people might breathe the air as they walk the dusty roads of ancient Palestine as disciples with Jesus. In a very real sense, this book illustrates the canonical Gospel as an artist might do with pictures.

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Through Mark’s Eyes is inspired by the many scholars who have begun to recover the historical Jesus. These especially include Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Robert Funk, and William Countryman, as well as actor Frank Runyeon and his one-person show Afraid: The Gospel of Mark.