Christian Texts and History • If John the Baptist never existed then the Markan incipit is a nonsense

• 1) The Markan message in the incipit is entirely devoted to reveal that a very important event is going to happen in real History.

• 2) per (1) at least a name should serve to reveal the "when" of this important revelation.

• 3) This name is not of a historical person: John the Baptist.

Contradiction.

My point is that the Markan priority is inconsistent with the idea that John the Baptist never existed.

At contrary, under the Marcionite priority, it is 100% expected that a human icon of a rival sect is invented. Acts did the same with Simon Magus and Elimas bar Jesus.

Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:41 am

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