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| | The '''Date of the Gospel of Mark''' is unjustifiably pegged to the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, based very loosely on the eschatological, end-of-the-world talk in {{bibleref|Mark|13}}. | | The '''Date of the Gospel of Mark''' is unjustifiably pegged to the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, based very loosely on the eschatological, end-of-the-world talk in {{bibleref|Mark|13}}. |
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| − | In fact, at least five considerations point to a date soon after the [[Resurrection]]: | + | In fact, at least five considerations point to a date soon after the [[Resurrection]], or even prior to it in the form of a diary kept during the events: |
| | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] omits subsequent events after the Resurrection; | | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] omits subsequent events after the Resurrection; |
| | *the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail that would fade if written long afterwards; | | *the Gospel of Mark contains remarkable detail that would fade if written long afterwards; |
| | *the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, while a later work would be less terse; | | *the Gospel of Mark is concise and to-the-point, while a later work would be less terse; |
| − | *the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], both written within decades of [[Jesus]]'s ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier; and | + | *the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], both written within decades of [[Jesus]]'s ministry, copied extensively and independently from the Gospel of Mark which must therefore had been available far earlier; |
| | + | *the availability of [[scribe]]s made it possible, even likely, that a disciple of [[Jesus]] dictated regularly to a scribe as the events unfolded; and |
| | *the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered by years later. | | *the Gospel of Mark is by an [[Mark the eyewitness|eyewitness]], many of who were killed or scattered by years later. |
| | == Nonsensical Liberal Theories == | | == Nonsensical Liberal Theories == |