The date of the Markan Gospel
According to the general consensus of expert opinion the Gospel of Mark was composed sometime between the years A.D. 65-75. But most authorities find that they cannot leave this decade as just a convenient round figure; for it contains the cimacteric year 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roma...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1961]
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New Testament studies
Year: 1961, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 126-141 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | According to the general consensus of expert opinion the Gospel of Mark was composed sometime between the years A.D. 65-75. But most authorities find that they cannot leave this decade as just a convenient round figure; for it contains the cimacteric year 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman armies. Accordingly, they endeavour to define the date of the Gospel's composition more precisely in relation to this event. Those who elect for a pre-70 date usually give as their reason for so doing that fact, as they see it, that the Gospel contains no explicit reference to this signal event. Such a conclusion is rarely felt to need a detailed justification, it being apparently assumed that mention of the fact is reason enough; it has possibly been thought also that no vital issue turns upon establishing precisely a pre-70 date. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-6885 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500005336 |