Difference between revisions of "Date of the Gospel of Mark"
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*the [[Gospel of Mark]] omits subsequent events after the Resurrection; | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] omits subsequent events after the Resurrection; | ||
*the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail that would fade if written long afterwards; | *the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail that would fade if written long afterwards; | ||
| − | *the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, while a later work would be less terse; and | + | *the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, while a later work would be less terse; |
| + | *the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], both written within decades of [[Jesus]]'s ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier; and | ||
*the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered by years later. | *the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered by years later. | ||
{{Mark}} | {{Mark}} | ||
[[category:Bible]] | [[category:Bible]] | ||
[[category:Gospels]] | [[category:Gospels]] | ||
Revision as of 01:08, May 16, 2023
The Date of the Gospel of Mark is unjustifiably pegged to the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, based very loosely on the eschatological, end-of-the-world talk in Mark 13 .
In fact, four considerations point to a date soon after the Resurrection:
- the Gospel of Mark omits subsequent events after the Resurrection;
- the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail that would fade if written long afterwards;
- the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, while a later work would be less terse;
- the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, both written within decades of Jesus's ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier; and
- the Gospel of Mark is by an eyewitness, many of who were killed or scattered by years later.
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