(Lat. Marcus). The author of the second Gospel (Mk) could be a missionary (Iohannes) M. who is often mentioned in the NT especially in close association with Paulus (Acts 12:12:25; Phm 24 among others) (for example, for the first time Papias around AD 130, see Euseb. Hist. eccl. 3,39,15). The fact that evidence of a closeness to Paul's theology can barely be found [3] is an argument against this identification, while the straightforwardness of thi…
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Wick, Peter (Basle),
Bowie, Ewen (Oxford),
Wermelinger, Otto (Fribourg),
Markschies, Christoph (Berlin),
Rix, Helmut (Freiburg),
Eck, Werner (Cologne) and
Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover),
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