RT Article
T1 Mark and Syria? An Assessment
JF The expository times
VO 125
IS 11
SP 531
OP 537
A1 Carter, Warren 1955-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1560690542
AB One argument advanced for the Syrian, rather than Roman, provenance of Mark’s Gospel concerns geographical proximity to the 66-70 war. This article evaluates this largely unexamined argument, concluding that the attempt to sustain Syrian provenance on the basis of geographical proximity to the events narrated in Mark 13 fails to persuade. This argument cannot show unique correspondences between text and context, and the equation of great effects with geographical proximity fails the tests of Philo’s narrative concerning Gaius’ threat to the temple, contemporary experience, and contemporary attachment theory (Kirkpatrick) that highlight the key role of psychological attachments that are not restricted by geography.
K1 Bible. Gospels
K1 BOOK provenance
K1 Gerd Theissen
K1 Joel Marcus
K1 MARCUS, Joel
K1 Mark and Rome
K1 Mark and Syria
K1 Mark and the 66-70 war
K1 provenance of Mark’s Gospel
K1 SYRIAN history
K1 THEISSEN, Gerd, 1943-
DO 10.1177/0014524613493843