Recommendation for source on traditional Mark

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rgprice
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Recommendation for source on traditional Mark

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I'm looking for a recommendation for a highly regarded and referenced work that lays out the "traditional" view of the Gospel of Mark. Something that is representative of the view that the Gospel of Mark was written by a scribe with poor Greek writings skills who was recording oral traditions.
rgprice
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Re: Recommendation for source on traditional Mark

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I guess I can use Hermeneia, but if anyone has any other ideas, that would be good too.
Charles Wilson
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Re: Recommendation for source on traditional Mark

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http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark_index.html

Not exactly per requirements but there is a lot there.
Bernard Muller
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Re: Recommendation for source on traditional Mark

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to rgprice,
http://historical-jesus.info/28.html How did "Mark" handle the known "humble" Jesus testimony conflicting with the later preaching as a divine entity?
Mark's solutions to the "problem" are rather obvious and would explain the so-called messianic secret, among other things.

http://historical-jesus.info/74.html Did the gospels indicate Jesus cleared totally the temple courts? Was a battalion there to prevent any disturbance?
Richard Carrier, in one of his lecture, contends the gospels have Jesus clearing the whole temple area despite the presence of a battalion on station there.

http://historical-jesus.info/29.html Another Markan problem: "Mark" and Jesus as "the king of the Jews"
Did "Mark" invent Jesus as believed by some contemporaries to be (or will be) "the king of the Jews" And for his gospel audience which appears to be mostly Gentile? It is most unlikely, for various reasons ...

http://historical-jesus.info/87.html Did "Mark" invent Jesus' disturbance in the temple?
Was the disturbance in the temple something that "Mark" found embarrassing but felt compelled to tell because believed true (as told by eyewitness(es)) and in order to bring an air of authenticity to his gospel?

http://historical-jesus.info/88.html Analysis of the miraculous feedings in Mark's gospel
A typical example on how Jesus' extraordinary feats were contrived.

http://historical-jesus.info/89.html Did Jesus walk on water?
A simple analysis demonstrates that "Mark" did not say it, just dubiously hinted it through a few ambiguous words.

Enjoy :)

Cordially, Bernard
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