The a New Case for the Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20 Lunn, Nicholas P. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource. Although traditionally accepted by the church through the centuries, the longer ending of Mark's Gospel (16:9-20) has been relegated by modern scholarship to the status of a later appendage. The arguments for such a view are chiefly based upon the witness of the two earliest complete manuscripts of Mark, and upon matters of language and style. This work shows that these primary grounds of argumentation are inadequate. It demonstrates that the church fathers knew the Markan ending from the very earliest days, well over two centuries before the earliest extant manuscripts. The quantity of unique. Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. External Evidence (1): Biblical Manuscripts; 3. External Evidence (2): Patristic Citations; 4. Linguistic Evidence (1): Vocabulary and Style; 5. Linguistic Evidence (2): Other Features; 6. Literary Evidence; 7. Thematic Evidence; 8. The Longer Ending and the Gospels: The Question of Dependence; 9. Miscellaneous Issues; 10. The Cause of the Problem; 11. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover. Nicholas P. Lunn. Includes bibliographical references. Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, Textual Bible. Mark Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. New Testament Criticism, Textual Bible. New Testament Manuscipts, Greek RELIGION Biblical Studies Jesus, the Gospels & Acts RELIGION Biblical Studies New Testament RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament BS2585.52 .L86 2015eb 226.306 Lunn, Nicholas P. Havertown : James Clarke & Co, ©2015 9780227904572 0227904575 779924 MIL 22573/ctt1cg82j2 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=988169 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=988169 N$T 150506 20200709060345.0 ocn908447726 eng