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The Date of Mark's Gospel

Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity
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This book argues that Mark's Gospel was not written as late as c.65-75 CE, but dates from sometime between the late 30s and early 40s CE. It challenges the use of the external evidence (such as Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria) often used for dating Mark, relying instead on internal evidence from the gospel itself. James Crossley also questions the view that Mark 13 reflects the Jewish war, arguing that there are other plausible historical settings -- for example the Caligula crises -- going on, to critically examine other arguments that place the writing of Mark as either around the time of the Jewish war, or at least after Paul's letters. The Date of Mark's Gospel argues that the gospel makes numerous Jewish assumptions, particularly concerning law observance. It shows that the synoptic gospels all portray Jesus as a law-observant Jew, before arguing more specifically that Mark assumes that Jesus fully observed biblical law:, while Matthew and Luke had to make this explicit. Mark could only make such an assumption at a time when Christianity was largely law observant: and this could not have been later than the mid-40s, after which certain Jewish and gentile Christians were no longer observing some biblical laws (e.g. food, Sabbath).

Author Biography

James G. Crossley is Lecturer in New Testament studies in the Department of Biblical Studies at University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of "Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century" (London Equinox, forthcoming 2008/9); "Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins 26-50CE" (Louisville WJK, 2006); "The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity" (London T&T Clark/Continuum, 2004) and co-author, with M. F. Bird, of "Two Views of Christian Origins: A Secular-Evangelical Debate" London SPCK, forthcoming 2008). He is co-edited (with Christian Karner) "Writing History, Constructing Religion" (Aldershot Ashgate, 2005).
Release date NZ
May 1st, 2004
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Imprint
T.& T.Clark Ltd
Pages
262
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
156x234x13
ISBN-13
9780567081957
Product ID
3071682

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