PERSPECTIVES

ON THE ENDING OF MARK

4 VIEWS

DAVID ALAN BLACK

DARRELL BOCK ∙ KEITH ELLIOTT

MAURICE ROBINSON ∙ DANIEL WALLACE

EDITED BY DAVID ALAN BLACK

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Copyright © 2008

All rights reserved

Published by Broadman & Holman Publishers

Nashville, Tennessee

Dewey Decimal Classification: 226.3

Subject Heading: BIBLE. N.T. MARK 16:9–20

Some material in chapter 6 taken from Why Four Gospels? © 2001 by David Alan Black. Published by Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

Contents

Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Preface

David Alan Black

Chapter 1—Mark 16:8 as the Conclusion to the Second Gospel

Daniel B. Wallace

Chapter 2—The Long Ending of Mark as Canonical Verity

Maurice A. Robinson

Chapter 3—The Last Twelve Verses of Mark: Original or Not?

J. Keith Elliott

Chapter 4—Mark 16:9–20 as Markan Supplement

David Alan Black

Chapter 5—The Ending of Mark: A Response to the Essays

Darrell L. Bock

Name Index

Contributors

David Alan Black is Professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds a B.A. from Biola University, an M.Div. from Talbot School of Theology, and a D.Theol. from the University of Basel. His published works include Learn to Read New Testament Greek and New Testament Textual Criticism.

Darrell L. Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies and Professor of Spiritual Development and Culture at Dallas Theological Seminary. He holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen. His publications include Dethroning Jesus and The Missing Gospels.

J. Keith Elliott is Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism at the University of Leeds. He holds a B.A. from the University of Wales, a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford, and a D.D. from the University of Wales. His publications include The Apocryphal Jesus and Manuscripts and the Text of the New Testament. He is also Secretary of the British Committee of the International Greek New Testament Project.

Maurice A. Robinson is Senior Professor of New Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds a B.A. from the University of South Florida, an M.Div. and Th.M. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. His published works include The New Testament in the Original Greek.

Daniel B. Wallace is Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He holds a B.A. from Biola University and both a Th.M. and Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. His published works include Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics and The NET Bible. He is also Executive Director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.

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About Perspectives on the Ending of Mark: Four Views

Because it is conspicuously absent from more than one early Greek manuscript, the final section of the gospel of Mark (16:9-20) that details Christ’s resurrection remains a constant source of debate among serious students of the New Testament.

Perspectives on the Ending of Mark presents in counterpoint form the split opinions about this difficult passage with a goal of determining which is more likely. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professors Maurice Robinson and David Alan Black argue for the verses’ authenticity. Keith Elliott (University of Leeds) and Daniel Wallace (Dallas Theological Seminary) contend that they are not original to Mark’s gospel. Darrell Bock (Dallas Theological Seminary) responds to each view and summarizes the state of current research on the entire issue.

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