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The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark

John William Burgon

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 476 pages

A work of biblical scholarship in essay form, in which John William Burgon defends the traditional last twelve verses of the Gospel of Mark against modern critical objections. Drawing on manuscripts and early Christian writers, it argues for their authenticity. It offers a window into nineteenth-century textual criticism and the debate over Mark's ending.

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THE
THE LAST TWELVE VERSES
OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
S. MARK
Vindicated Against Recent Critical
Objectors
And Established
by
John W. Burgon B.D.

Vicar of S. Mary-The-Virgin's, Fellow of Oriel College,
and Gresham Lecturer in Divinity.
With Facsimiles of Codex אAnd Codex L
"'Advice to you,' sir, 'in studying Divinity?' Did you say
that you 'wished I would give you a few words of advice,'
sir?... Then let me recommend to you the practice of
always verifying your references, sir!"
Conversation of the late PǡŧǪƗŠŧƿǵ RLjǼǵƒ
Oxford and London:
James Parker and Co.
1871.
Contents
The Codex
Dedication: To Sir Roundell Palmer, Q.C., M.P.
Preface.
The Last Twelve Verses.
Chapter I. THE CASE OF THE LAST TWELVE VERSES OF
S. MARK'S GOSPEL, STATED.
Chapter II. THE HOSTILE VERDICT OF BIBLICAL CRITICS
SHEWN TO BE QUITE OF RECENT DATE.
Chapter III. THE EARLY FATHERS APPEALED TO, AND

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. The Codex
  3. "My Word Will Not Pass Away"
  4. Dedication: To Sir Roundell Palmer, Q.C., M.P.
  5. Preface.
  6. The Last Twelve Verses.
  7. Chapter I. THE CASE OF THE LAST TWELVE VERSES OF S. MARK'S GOSPEL, STATED.
  8. CHAPTER II. THE HOSTILE VERDICT OF BIBLICAL CRITICS SHEWN TO BE QUITE OF RECENT DATE.
  9. CHAPTER III. THE EARLY FATHERS APPEALED TO, AND OBSERVED TO BEAR FAVOURABLE WITNESS.
  10. CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY VERSIONS EXAMINED, AND FOUND TO YIELD UNFALTERING TESTIMONY TO THE GENUINENESS OF THESE VERSES.
  11. CHAPTER V. THE ALLEGED HOSTILE WITNESS OF CERTAIN OF THE EARLY FATHERS PROVED TO BE AN IMAGINATION OF THE CRITICS.
  12. CHAPTER VI. MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONY SHEWN TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF THESE VERSES.—PART I.
  13. CHAPTER VII. MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONY SHEWN TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF THESE VERSES.—PART II.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. THE PURPORT OF ANCIENT SCHOLIA, AND NOTES IN MSS. ON THE SUBJECT OF THESE VERSES, SHEWN TO BE THE REVERSE
  15. CHAPTER IX. INTERNAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED TO BE THE VERY REVERSE OF UNFAVOURABLE TO THESE VERSES.
  16. CHAPTER X. THE TESTIMONY OF THE LECTIONARIES SHEWN TO BE ABSOLUTELY DECISIVE AS TO THE GENUINENESS OF THESE VERSES.
  17. CHAPTER XI. THE OMISSION OF THESE TWELVE VERSES IN CERTAIN ANCIENT COPIES OF THE GOSPELS, EXPLAINED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
  18. CHAPTER XII. GENERAL REVIEW OF THE QUESTION: SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE; AND CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE SUBJECT.
  19. APPENDIX (A).
  20. APPENDIX (B).
  21. APPENDIX (C).
  22. APPENDIX (D).
  23. APPENDIX (E).
  24. APPENDIX (F).
  25. APPENDIX (G).
  26. APPENDIX (H).
  27. POSTSCRIPT.
  28. L'ENVOY
  29. GENERAL INDEX.
  30. Footnotes

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