Behold, My Mother and My Brethren!

“Too often, Bible studies just serve to reinforce our cultural assumptions and existing power structures. Refreshingly, Christman’s Kierkegaardian reading of Mark stands as a challenge to our personal egoism, our cultural idolatry, and our political individualism. Christman invites us to ‘become Christians’ by rightly interrogating our conceptions of what that requires.”


—J. Aaron Simmons, Furman University





“Timely in every sense, Bryan Christman returns to the enigmatic Gospel of Mark armed with the wit and insight of a modern prophet, Soren Kierkegaard. In juxtaposing the beautiful narrative forms of Mark’s Gospel and Kierkegaard’s immense corpus, Christman is making accessible the passion in both for radical self-transformation. Fresh insight into Christology, anthropology, and psychology flow from his skillful analysis of dozens of interconnected theological motifs.”


—David Mau, Colorado Christian University





“Though his works remain widely discussed at universities and in scholarly conferences, Søren Kierkegaard did not feel that his work was best applied or understood in academic settings. Hence, in Behold, My Mother and My Brethren! Christman does not tender a fashionable argument meant to tantalize at the next biblical studies conference. Instead, his inspired yet learned treatise is meant to stir the individual reader, who, in picking it up, desires a deeper engagement with Scripture and, ultimately, a deeper relationship with God.”


—Christopher B. Barnett, Villanova University