The Mind of Mark: Interpretation and Method Through the Exegesis of Mark 6,52 refers to a significant 1969 dissertation by Quentin Quesnell, published as Analecta Biblica 38, focusing on understanding the authorial perspective (the Mind of Mark) by closely examining the specific verse, Mark 6:52, which describes the disciples' failure to understand Jesus walking on water because their 'hearts were hardened' despite witnessing the loaves miracle. Quesnell's work explores how this hardening of hearts reveals Mark's theological aims, highlighting themes of incomprehension, unbelief, and the disciples' slow dawning realization of Jesus' identity, using Mark 6:52 as a key to Mark's narrative and interpretive strategies.