Mark’s Ending

[rogue06]

Good grief. I know one should not judge by appearances but...




Would you trust him to sell you a used car?

As noted...

99.9% sure he isn't the author of the book I had read.

Still, does he have any white in his eyes?

However, I suspect that this is the text to which your description referred. And it is freely available on the net with its white cover.

Possible, but the cover was black and white. No blue and green.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

As noted...

99.9% sure he isn't the author of the book I had read.

Still, does he have any white in his eyes?


Possible, but the cover was black and white. No blue and green.

While some versions show it with a white cover I would have assumed the name of the author might have "rung" the proverbial bell..

[rogue06]

While some versions show it with a white cover I would have assumed the name of the author might have "rung" the proverbial bell..

If that was the book, this was the cover (IIRC, everything was centered on the cover)

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

If that was the book, this was the cover (IIRC, everything was centered on the cover)

So I appear to have refreshed your memory. Perhaps it might be wise make a note of the author and title for any future occasion!

[whag]

So I appear to have refreshed your memory. Perhaps it might be wise make a note of the author and title for any future occasion!

I’m not gonna watch my thread devolve because you guys wanna play footsie again. Get a room or get out of my thread. It’s boring.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

I’m not gonna watch my thread devolve because you guys wanna play footsie again. Get a room or get out of my thread. It’s boring.

[whag]

”Noteworthy” is a great adjective for the discussion about Mark’s ending. It went from that to Lot’s wife. Respectable progression. We went from that to you impugning rogue’s memory recall. It devolved from there. Meanwhile, tabby and I keeping the peace. It’s just more fun that way,

[rogue06]

So I appear to have refreshed your memory. Perhaps it might be wise make a note of the author and title for any future occasion!

Only mostly sure that was the book. I'd have to see inside to be sure.

And as noted earlier, he never claims that all of the passages that can be understood idiomatically must therefore be understood as idioms, but rather noting that there are other potential ways to understand them.

[rogue06]

”Noteworthy” is a great adjective for the discussion about Mark’s ending. It went from that to Lot’s wife. Respectable progression. We went from that to you impugning rogue’s memory recall. It devolved from there. Meanwhile, tabby and I keeping the peace. It’s just more fun that way,

I have a pet theory regarding the ending of Mark, but tab doesn't like it.

[whag]

I have a pet theory regarding the ending of Mark, but tab doesn't like it.

I’ll listen to it.

[Sparko]

”Noteworthy” is a great adjective for the discussion about Mark’s ending. It went from that to Lot’s wife. Respectable progression. We went from that to you impugning rogue’s memory recall. It devolved from there. Meanwhile, tabby and I keeping the peace. It’s just more fun that way,

She does that to every thread she is in. Picking fights over nonsense to derail a thread.

[rogue06]

I’ll listen to it.

Perhaps it is too clever by half, but it strikes me that the sudden ending was intentional and designed to spark a particular reaction in the listeners^[1]

It's the very last line

Scripture Verse:

And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid

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Upon hearing it, I figure it was meant to cause a reaction in those hearing it of something along the lines of "well I'm not afraid -- I'm going to tell everyone!"

To encourage spreading the Gospel.



As an aside, obviously in the end they did say something, not just because that is what we read in the other Gospels, but if they never told anyone, we would hardly be reading about it would we?




1. readers as well, but far more were having it read aloud to them, presumptively usually in groups.

[whag]

Perhaps it is too clever by half, but it strikes me that the sudden ending was intentional and designed to spark a particular reaction in the listeners^[1]

It's the very last line

Scripture Verse:

And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid

© Copyright Original Source

Upon hearing it, I figure it was meant to cause a reaction in those hearing it of something along the lines of "well I'm not afraid -- I'm going to tell everyone!"

To encourage spreading the Gospel.



As an aside, obviously in the end they did say something, not just because that is what we read in the other Gospels, but if they never told anyone, we would hardly be reading about it would we?




1. readers as well, but far more were having it read aloud to them, presumptively usually in groups.

I always wondered why interpolation would be necessary to get the ball rolling. Interpolation would seem to be taboo, but instead it’s interpreted as giving God a little help in the transmission.

[tabibito]

Perhaps it is too clever by half, but it strikes me that the sudden ending was intentional and designed to spark a particular reaction in the listeners^[1]

It's the very last line

Scripture Verse:

And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid

© Copyright Original Source

Upon hearing it, I figure it was meant to cause a reaction in those hearing it of something along the lines of "well I'm not afraid -- I'm going to tell everyone!"

To encourage spreading the Gospel.



As an aside, obviously in the end they did say something, not just because that is what we read in the other Gospels, but if they never told anyone, we would hardly be reading about it would we?




1. readers as well, but far more were having it read aloud to them, presumptively usually in groups.

"They left the tomb without saying anything to anyone." I don't see a problem with it: the text restricts the time frame to the time of leaving the tomb. What follows is denouement, though unlikely to have been added by the original author.

[rogue06]

"They left the tomb without saying anything to anyone." I don't see a problem with it: the text restricts the time frame to the time of leaving the tomb. What follows is denouement, though unlikely to have been added by the original author.

My argument is that this ending was exactly what Mark intended. That there is no "lost ending" and the two variant endings are, as nearly universally accepted, later interpolations.

That said, I'm now trying to figure out the likely motive for ending in such a manner.