Loisy:
If the Argument from Queerness has to be applied to prove that the Marcionite incipit has to be based on a previous Gospel, then accordingly the same Argument from Queerness has to be applied to prove that Mark 10.45-46:
...is based on a previous source where what Jesus did in Jericho was explained in the detail: Secret Mark.
(For who doesn't know what I am arguing here, it is called 'reductio ad absurdum' and is a cruel confutation of Loisy).
In any case the descent from heaven to Capernaum is queer rather than impressive.
If the Argument from Queerness has to be applied to prove that the Marcionite incipit has to be based on a previous Gospel, then accordingly the same Argument from Queerness has to be applied to prove that Mark 10.45-46:
Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho...
...is based on a previous source where what Jesus did in Jericho was explained in the detail: Secret Mark.
(For who doesn't know what I am arguing here, it is called 'reductio ad absurdum' and is a cruel confutation of Loisy).
Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Sun May 05, 2024 1:28 am