Monday, August 22, 2022

Markan "Errors"?

For your reading pleasure:

Some Dissenting Notes on R. Stein's The Synoptic Problem and Markan "Errors." 

Judgments of grammaticality range from the indisputably grammatical to the indisputably ungrammatical. Even constructions of doubtful grammaticality are often relatively grammatical. Given the right context, they are grammatical. 

Questions:

  • What are your thoughts about the lack of grammaticality in Mark's diction? 
  • Do you use the so-called "linguistic" argument to support Markan Priority? 
  • Should evangelicals speak about "errors" in the Bible?