Seán Kealy's Mark's Gospel: A History of Its Inter-pretation provides a sweeping historical survey of the interpretation of the Gospel of St. Mark through the centuries. He brings out the contributions of past scholars and reflective thinkers which have deepened and carried forward the understanding of the Gospel message. Such a survey will help the student and reader of Mark appreciate the debt we owe to past generations, and will warn of many blind alleys occasionally pursued in Christian tradition. He challenges the present generation to pursue the task of interpretation with the same care and fidelity as scholars before them have given. The insights found in this study will aid all serious readers of the Gospels to discover a fruitful new depth of understanding. It well merits the same praise given Fr. Kealy's earlier work on Mark, Who is Jesus of Nazareth? (Dimension Books), by the Tablet, when it called it "masterly and original."