Kata Markon

["Richard Harris" <rhh1 AT nildram.co.uk>]

> If for the sake of argument, we assume that
the Gospel of Mark is the underlying WORD that the
Galatians heard/read/experienced ...
given the above and several other data, it does seem
appropriate to me to date the Gospel somewhere between
35-45 AD.

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Have I misunderstood something, or have you just made up this dating?  You 
say 'If for the sake of argument ... ' and then move on to claim 'it does 
seem appropriate to me ... ' as though you have made some deduction, 
reaching a conclusion by analysis.  In fact, the conclusion is just a 
restatement of the initial premise.

It seems to me that you cannot ignore the evidence in Mark that many 
scholars argue leads to a date circa 70.   Mark 13:1-2 is one example.  I 
would be interested in an argument that suggests writers such as Kloppenberg 
are wrong.  But I have never seen one.

With good wishes

Richard Harris