Frank W. Hughes is priest-in-residence at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Ruston, Louisiana. Ordained in 1981, he served churches in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana. He earned his PhD in the Northwestern University/Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Joint Program in 1984. A Fulbright scholar at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany, he has taught New Testament at Codrington College in Barbados. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.
""A Guide to Mark is a helpful introduction to the message and content of the Gospel of Mark. This accessible introduction will benefit those who desire to acquaint themselves with the content, themes, and challenges of this early gospel text. Hughes draws our attention to the rhetoric of this gospel and emphasizes the gains available to the contemporary reader who pays close attention to how the text works."" --Steven Bishop, associate professor of Old Testament, Seminary of the Southwest ""To the task of helping contemporary readers to understand the Gospel according to Mark, Frank Hughes brings his immense learning and deep pastoral experience. With clarity, thoroughness, and patience, he explores and explicates the distinctive message and style of this remarkable gospel."" --Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, dean emerita, Seminary of the Southwest ""Many Christian readers want resources that speak to our questions about faith and discipleship while satisfying our intellect. For Mark, Frank Hughes has given us that book. He provides scholarly context in prose anyone can follow, then works through the Gospel passage by passage."" --Greg Carey, professor of New Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Moravian University