How Long to Read The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark

How Long Does it Take to Read The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark?

It takes the average reader 2 hours to read The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark by James S. Lowry

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Borrowing from the ancient rabbinic use of midrash as a means of opening Scripture to students, James Lowry has chosen six texts from among those in which he believes Mark deliberately left silences. The author is convinced Mark hoped his readers would be encouraged to raise a variety of possibilities as to what the evangelist left unsaid. Beginning with Mark choosing not to name the temptations of Jesus (Mark 1:12-13) and concluding with Mark choosing to conclude his narrative with the women leaving the tomb of Jesus in stunned silence (Mark 16:8), Lowry spins short stories that suggest...

How long is The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark?

The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark by James S. Lowry is 120 pages long, and a total of 30,000 words.

This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 43 minutes to read The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark aloud.

What Reading Level is The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark?

The Long Road Home and Other Short Stories from the Silences in the Gospel of Mark is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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