Stoldt’s general conclusions are that none of the arguments for Markan priority has any force; moreover, the advocates of the theory were themselves motivated to put forward their views as part of a reaction against the Tübingen school, in particular against D.F. Strauss.7 He claims that all the arguments used in the past to prove the priority of Mark are at best inconclusive and at worst completely circular. However, the advocates of the theory wanted to respond to Strauss’s work, and believed that