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This book argues that Mark s gospel was not written as late as c. 65-75 CE, but dates from sometime between the late 30s and early 40s CE. It challenges the use of the external evidence (such as Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria) often used for dating Mark, relying instead on internal evidence from the gospel itself. James Crossley also questions the view that Mark 13 reflects the Jewish war, arguing that there are other plausible historical settings. Crossley argues that Mark s gospel takes for granted that Jesus fully observed biblical law and that Mark could only make such an assumption at a time when Christianity was largely law observant: and this could not have been later than the mid-40s, from which point on certain Jewish and gentile Christians were no longer observing some biblical laws (e.g. food, Sabbath).

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Title The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity
Author James G. Crossley
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Paperback Ed
Pages 262
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Continnuum-3PL, Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date 2004-05-01
ISBN 9780567081957 / 0567081958
Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
Dimensions 9.28 x 6.2 x 0.79 in (23.57 x 15.75 x 2.01 cm)
Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
Library of Congress subjects Jewish law - Biblical teaching
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004426906
Dewey Decimal Code 226.306

About the author

James G. Crossley is Lecturer in New Testament studies in the Department of Biblical Studies at University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of "Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century" (London Equinox, forthcoming 2008/9); "Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins 26-50CE" (Louisville WJK, 2006); "The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity" (London T&T Clark/Continuum, 2004) and co-author, with M. F. Bird, of "Two Views of Christian Origins: A Secular-Evangelical Debate" London SPCK, forthcoming 2008). He is co-edited (with Christian Karner) "Writing History, Constructing Religion" (Aldershot Ashgate, 2005).