By Julie M. Smith
Regardless of our assumptions about “Mark” the author, we might wonder to what extent the writer simply transmitted the traditions about Jesus that he received (from Peter or from others) or reshaped them. As Joel Marcus phrased the question, was Mark a “conservative redactor [=editor] or creative theologian?”[1]
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By Julie M. Smith
“Mark” was one of the most common male names in the Roman empire, so we cannot be sure that every reference to Mark in the New Testament is a reference to the same person. (Some scholars think it is likely—but still not certain—that all of references are to one person.[1]) With those caveats, here is what the New Testament references to Mark might suggest about the author of the Gospel:
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