Lucian, Galen, and the gospel of Mark.

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Re: Lucian, Galen, and the gospel of Mark.

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neilgodfrey wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:15 pm If the second gospel never got beyond the notes stage of composition the question that arises is why it survived as a gospel in its own right given that Matthew and Luke took it over and incorporated those "notes" in their own gospels while removing some of the "humanizing crudities" of the portrayal of Jesus and uncomfortably ambiguous theological messages in the process.
The most likely answer to "the question that arises" is that Mark was intended as a short-form Gospel formed primarily out of what was common to Luke and Matthew. Or then again, maybe not. Who knows?
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