Re: gMark is intended to be history writing
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:00 am
If such a finalisation of the forms in fact did take place, then I also think it has to have happened very, very shortly after the production of the materials (the proto-versions). Because once this material had begun to spread, these proto-gospels, then it was out there and couldn't be retrieved. Kind of like a picture being put on the internet: if you wish for that picture to be spread in a changed version instead of the one that has been uploaded, then you'll have to act quickly! Once it's out there, it's out there.MrMacSon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:02 amBoth Klinghardt's and Vinzent's models allow for it all to have happened in close proximity in space and time* up to the finalisation of the forms we have.Stefan Kristensen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:26 am I also think there are clear indications that Luke knew gJohn or some version of it. But I definately think that Luke had gMark and gMatt in pretty much the same forms we have them.
But of course, though, if the new, changed versions (i.e. the finalised gospels) have much better quality and appeal so as to become more popular, then I suppose that in the passing of time they would perhaps go on to entirely supplant the originals that had been put out there. And whereas the internet never forgets, many things become lost forever in the fogs of history!