Re: Alternating Marcionite and synoptic priority & posterior
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:59 am
Your example of the "now" in Mark 13.19 is interesting and observant (and, I think, an argument to be reckoned with). Basically, you are arguing that the "now" in that verse refers to the time at which the apocalypse was being written, not to the time at which Jesus was supposedly prophesying. So you are reading the extant text as a clue to the circumstances of the author, even when the author has only accidentally revealed those circumstances.Bernard Muller wrote:This is not unique in gMark mini-apocalypse. Actually it is all over it, but most obvious in 13:14 ("let the reader understand") and "now" in 13:19. See http://historical-jesus.info/appd.html for details.
That is pretty similar to how I am reading Mark 13.9 (and its synoptic parallels). I am suggesting that the author has inadvertently revealed something about his circumstances: in this case, the fact that he is copying from (and modifying) a source. This revelation is purely accidental, just as you characterize the "now" in Mark 13.19 as a "slip of the pen".
Ben.