The evidence that Mark is the oldest of the canonical gospels was not examined systematically until the 1830s, but the argument has by now gained general acceptance among non-fundamentalist scholars, and I have endorsed the principle of Markan priority here and here . There is a tradition that believers at Rome rejoiced to have Mark’s account [...]
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The Markan bombshell
Posted in Gospel of Mark, Priority of Mark, tagged Bible, New Testament, Synoptic Gospels, synoptic problem, theology on June 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Priority of Mark (2) – What it means for the other Gospels
Posted in Gospel of Mark, Priority of Mark, tagged hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture, source criticism, The Gospels on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week I called the principle of Markan priority a good place to start in NT criticism. That post probably sounded naïve to anyone not joined with one of the Christian inerrancy cults. Because the priority of Mark is a very well-established principle in mainstream Christian hermeneutics, and there would seem to be no need [...]
Priority of Mark – the foundation of a faithful literary criticism
Posted in Gospel of Mark, Priority of Mark, tagged New Testament, Synoptic Gospels, synoptic problem on April 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Markan Priority is the dominant critical theory used to explain the fact that Mark, Matthew and Luke exhibit a certain conformity of content and narrative superstructure – despite all their differences. The theory dominates for good reason – because it really does offer the best of all possible explanations for this conformity among the three gospels [...]
