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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...

rejected reasoned eclecticism. Does this mean he had fully embraced Sturz’s views? Ironically, the answer is no, because if he had, it would weaken his argument for the LE of Mark.7 In short, Farmer’s source-critical views seemed to drive his text-critical decisions. A second presupposition that may influence your view of Mark’s ending is the whole field of textual criticism. Some of you have already become convinced of a particular text-critical theory, even though you may be uncertain about source
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