Kata Markon

[Robert M. Fowler <rfowler AT bw.edu>]

>I'm doing a research on the long ending of Mark (16. 9-20). It has been =
>difficult to me to find some articles or books that deal minutely with =
>the style, and syntactical features of that segment of Mark. The point =
>I'm trying to elucidate is this:  the section that goes from vvs. 9 to =
>20 is  really Markan? Would you please informe abotut how and where to =
>get the stuff I'm looking for?
>With best regards
>Jose Antonio Septien

Almost 30 years ago I wrote an M.A. thesis on this topic ("The Problem of 
the Ending of the Gospel of Mark," University of Kansas, 1974--I just 
verified that they still have two copies of my thesis in the U of Kansas 
library).  That study was almost entirely text-critical in approach, with 
a little bit of redaction criticism thrown in; it was before my days as a 
reader-response critic.  I suspect my analysis of the manuscript 
tradition and Mark's 'redactional' tendencies would still hold up pretty 
well.  In any case, I'm glad I concluded way back then that Mark 16:8 was 
probably the original ending of the gospel, because in the years since 
that has seemed to emerge as a consensus.    

There are also more recent, more thorough, and probably much more 
polished pieces of work available on this topic.  However, I'm away from 
my office, on sabbatical, and do not have ready access to my bibliography 
database.  Periodical indices and library catalogs would quickly turn up 
a number of such titles.
 
Bob Fowler

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