what are thoughts on the plausibility of the proposed reconstruction or potential problems with it?
Firstly, why might we think that the opening of the Gospel of Mark is not original, i.e. that it has been altered from an earlier narrative that looked different than Mark looks now. Why might we think that the narrative as we know it is the original narrative and that there never was a significantly different earlier layer of the narrative?
I think there are good reasons to think there was an earlier narrative in which John was not arrested and in which there was no description of John being killed by Herod.
Firstly, why might we think that the opening of the Gospel of Mark is not original, i.e. that it has been altered from an earlier narrative that looked different than Mark looks now. Why might we think that the narrative as we know it is the original narrative and that there never was a significantly different earlier layer of the narrative?
I think there are good reasons to think there was an earlier narrative in which John was not arrested and in which there was no description of John being killed by Herod.
Statistics: Posted by rgprice — Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:39 am