Apocalyptic Literature in the New Testament by Carey Greg;Carter Warren; & Warren Carter

Author:Carey, Greg;Carter, Warren; & Warren Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2016-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

Mark’s Ending(s)

Modern translations of the New Testament typically include “Shorter” and “Longer” endings after Mark 16:8, usually with a footnote. The footnote indicates what we call a textual problem. Our earliest and most reliable copies of Mark all end at 16:8. Clearly later copyists, probably familiar with the endings of the other gospels, felt compelled to supply neater endings to a story that ends with women running away in fear.

Contemporary interpreters universally reject the additional endings of Mark. But is it possible that Mark’s original ending has been lost? We have no direct manuscript evidence for such a possibility, but a few interpreters are convinced that Mark must originally have included such appearance stories. (See N. Clayton Croy, The Mutilation of Mark’s Gospel [Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003].)

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