Mk 1:1–3. A Later Addition to Mark’s Gospel?
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2014.019Keywords
Mk 1, 1–3, the use of euangelion, textual affinity in the Gospels, OT citations in the NT, Oxyrhynchus 5073Abstract
In contrast to J.K. Elliot, N.C. Croy and other scholars who claim that “whatever was before Mk 1:4, it was not Mark 1:1–3,” it is argued in this research that such an opinion is not supported by the textual and linguistic evidence. Close analysis of the expressions and syntagms such as ἀρχή, εὐαγγέλιον Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καθὼς γέγραπται, κατασκευάσει, comparison between Mark 1:1–3 and Mark’s Gospel as well as comparison with Mt 11:10//Lk 7:27 show linguistic affinity between Mk 1:1–3 and that Gospel, other Synoptic Gospels and NT in general. Moreover, Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5073, most probably the earliest textual witness to the beginning of Mark’s Gospel preserves Mk 1:1–2. Therefore, it seems that Mk 1:1–3 belongs to the same time and space as Mk 1:4ff.
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