Subject: Re: Versions

From: DC PARKER <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:51:16 GMT

Maurice Robinson wrote

> I consider it significant that among the two Old Syriac traditions one
> contains the long ending of Mark and the other omits such.  What
> conclusion then should be drawn regarding that ending within the 
Syriac church?

I conclude that both endings were known in Syriac Christianity.  And 
that this is because the same variation between Greek manuscripts 
had made itself felt in Syriac Christianity.
DC PARKER
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