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Hill has discovered new spiritual riches from the familiar Gospel of Mark. He makes Mark's text accessible and provides very valuable insights for today. 'Markan surprises' throughout show how the Gospel's story is astonishingly relevant and meaningful for us. Mark believed the story of Jesus matters in an ultimate way. Experiencing the risen Christ as present and active energizes all life. Hill helps us joyfully discover the transformative power of Mark's story of Jesus! --Donald K. McKim, author of Everyday Prayer with John Calvin What do you get when you combine pastoral wisdom attuned to the breadth and depth of human experience, a lifelong fascination with Mark's Gospel, keen literary sensibility, and lucid prose? The result is Buried Treasure. This wonderful book invites first-time readers of Mark into that intriguing story and offers fresh insight to seasoned readers as well. --John T. Carroll, Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament, Union Presbyterian Seminary Buried Treasure is the outcome of biblical inquiry informed by a disciplined theological imagination and creative methodology. Hill exposes fundamental themes imperceptibly woven into Mark's Gospel. These lead to insights regarding Jesus himself, the challenges of discipleship, the nature of the kingdom, the critical role of the female followers, the meaning of resurrection, and the ongoing situation of Mark's readers: fear joined with hope. The book is a treasure. --Rebecca Harden Weaver, Professor of Church History emerita, Union Presbyterian Seminary

Hill has discovered new spiritual riches from the familiar Gospel of Mark. He makes Mark's text accessible and provides very valuable insights for today. 'Markan surprises' throughout show how the Gospel's story is astonishingly relevant and meaningful for us. Mark believed the story of Jesus matters in an ultimate way. Experiencing the risen Christ as present and active energizes all life. Hill helps us joyfully discover the transformative power of Mark's story of Jesus! --Donald K. McKim, author of Everyday Prayer with John Calvin What do you get when you combine pastoral wisdom attuned to the breadth and depth of human experience, a lifelong fascination with Mark's Gospel, keen literary sensibility, and lucid prose? The result is Buried Treasure. This wonderful book invites first-time readers of Mark into that intriguing story and offers fresh insight to seasoned readers as well. --John T. Carroll, Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament, Union Presbyterian Seminary Buried Treasure is the outcome of biblical inquiry informed by a disciplined theological imagination and creative methodology. Hill exposes fundamental themes imperceptibly woven into Mark's Gospel. These lead to insights regarding Jesus himself, the challenges of discipleship, the nature of the kingdom, the critical role of the female followers, the meaning of resurrection, and the ongoing situation of Mark's readers: fear joined with hope. The book is a treasure. --Rebecca Harden Weaver, Professor of Church History emerita, Union Presbyterian Seminary

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Hunter R. Hill holds a bachelor's degree from Davidson College and an MDiv and DMin from Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Virginia. He was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1971, and he served churches in North Carolina and Florida. Hill then dedicated himself to the specialized ministry of pastoral care and counseling, serving in three different agencies in Virginia until his retirement. Hunter Hill and his wife Lyn have been married for more than fifty years. They have two children and two grandchildren.

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