Anna Rebecca Solevåg

Jesus, the Best Capernaum Folk-Healer

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Zorodzai Dube’s book is a bold venture. His fresh thesis, which places the early Jesus movement within a Palestinian healing marketplace, is convincing. Dube’s research brings a deep knowledge of the Markan text into conversation with insights from ancient aretalogies and the healing practices of his native Dondo people of Zimabwe. The picture he paints of how the healing stories were told as celebration narrations with singing and dance brings a new dimension to our understanding of the Gospel of Mark.”