(January 2, 2012 at 11:55 am)Minimalist Wrote: In scholarly circles there isn't much question that gMark has been tampered with by later church interests. That's true of all of them, though. The clearest example, IMHO, in gMark is the addition of verses 9-20 to the final chapter (16). Even some xtian translations of the bible admit that these are add-ons and either omit them or tag them with a note about their "inauthentic" status.
That alone should speak volumes!
I side with those who think 9-16 is an addition to Mark. Furthermore, I would say that Mark added the burial and empty tomb episodes to an earlier version of the Jesus story that ended at Mark 15:39.
39 The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen how he had died, and he said, 'In truth this man was Son of God (uios theou).'
