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Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity (Library Of New Testament Studies)

By James G. Crossley

Book information

Publisher
T&T Clark Int'l
Year
2004
ISBN
0567081958, 9780567081957
LCC
BS2585.52 .C735 2004
Google Books ID
dghH_pm_yzQC
Open Library ID
OL3364170M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12252411 bytes)
Series
Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement volume 266
Pages
265\265
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This book argues that Mark’s gospel was not written as late as c. 65–75 CE, but dates from sometime between the late 30s and early 40s CE. It challenges the use of the external evidence (such as Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria) often used for dating Mark, relying instead on internal evidence from the gospel itself. James Crossley also questions the view that Mark 13 reflects the Jewish war, arguing that there are other plausible historical settings. Crossley argues that Mark’s gospel takes for granted that Jesus fully observed biblical law and that Mark could only make such an assumption at a time when Christianity was largely law observant: and this could not have been later than the mid-40s, from which point on certain Jewish and gentile Christians were no longer observing some biblical laws (e.g. food, Sabbath).

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