He gave only half of the answer.Put the other way around and follow the traditional model – why, if Marcion’s copied Mark on this, did he leave out the story of Bethany which would be so close to his chest? The opposite can be easily shown that Mark redacts Marcion’s Gospel and gets rid of the antithesis of Christianity and Judaism, although he still shows and maintains a number of other Marcionite features.
The other half is resumed so by me (from Klinghardt):
Giuseppe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:23 am It is particularly cogent the reason why "Mark" (editor) added the healing of the blind of Bethsaida in a previous gospel (=Mcn) that was without it, having only the healing of the blind Bartimeus.
- Bartimeus is an example of blind who immediately recognises Jesus and as well immediately follows him. Thank the faith.
Who introduced the healing of the blind of Bethsaida could do so only having him in deliberate contrast against the healing of the blind Bartimeus.
- The idiot blind of Bethsaida is an example of a blind who gradually recovers the sight and is even sent back by Jesus, not becoming a his disciple. He has not sufficient faith.
The author of Mcn couldn't remove the healing of the blind of Bethsaida, had he seen it in Mark.
Again, Klinghardt is going to apply correctly, in my view, the Argument from the Extreme Improbability of a Destruction of an Elaborate Construction.
He quotes Burnett Streeter:
A theory which would make an author capable of such a proceeding would only be tenable if, on other grounds, we had reason to believe he was a crank.
Unfortunately, the link given by prof. Vinzent to McFarlane's article doesn't work more.
Only his quote given by Vinzent is left:
‘the interactions between Jesus and the others concerns establishing his way as the legitimate reading of the Torah. In this sense it must be said that Mark can not be characterised by anti-Judaism. Rather, Mark appears to have the qualities of a sectarian group, seeking to establish a new interpretation of Torah.’
Hence this is my actual view of the theologies behind the Gospels:
Gospel | Original readers |
Mcn | Moderate Gentilizers, Paulinists, adopted by a radical Gentilizer: Marcion |
Mark | Moderate Gentilizers, Paulinists, anti-Marcion, adoptionism |
Matthew | Radical Judaizers, anti-Paulinists, anti-Marcion, anti-adoptionists |
proto-John | Radical Gentilizers, anti-YHWH |
John | Catholics, anti-Marcion |
Luke | Catholics, anti-Marcion |