Peter of John Olivi: Commentary on the Gospel of Mark

Robert Karris turns the resultant brevity of the commentary into a happy opportunity to look closely at Peter Olivi s work on Scripture. With his introduction and notes to his translation of the commentary, Karris invites today s reader to watch closely as Peter Olivi operates on Mark in a late 13th-century classroom. It is definitely a Franciscan classroom: In many of Olivi s comments about Christ s disciples, Karris observes, he seems to have left behind the historical disciples of the 1st century and is talking to his present day disciples. The result is a close and successful look at the exegetical work of an outstanding Scripture scholar of the Middle Ages.