[B-Greek] CAUTION: Reconstructed Mark - a thought experiment

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Feb 24 05:29:05 EST 2011


On Feb 24, 2011, at 5:02 AM, Wieland Willker wrote:

> A little off-topic, but I think it should be known more widely. 
> A very important dissertation has been finished by Joe Weaks last year, in
> which he is studying a reconstructed text of Mark from the Gospels of Mt and
> Lk. 
> 
> This is an interesting thought experiment. Imagine, not Q is lost, but Mark.
> Now remove all Q material from Mt and Lk and analyze the remaining part.
> This remaining double tradition, then, must be Mark. How close can one come
> to the real Mark this way? 
> The result gives us important insights in how close we can come Q (assuming
> it existed) and how much one can deduce from it. 
> 
> NB: If you want to discuss this topic, please do so on the Synoptic-L
> mailinglist: 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Synoptic/

This is, in fact, far and away off topic. The issues here may well be of
interest to many B-Greekers, but, as Wieland has rightly advised, any
discussion of this matter belongs elsewhere -- the Synoptic list is
indeed the best forum, I think -- but these issues lie altogether outside
the parameters of appropriate discussion for B-Greek.

Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List





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