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The Marcan addition is the longer ending of Mark —20 found in many manuscripts. It is accepted as canonical, although printed in smaller type in many translations. According to most scholars, it was not written by Mark but added later.
Some scholars think —20 is dependent on the other Gospels and summarizes their narratives of resurrection appearances; other scholars regard it as independent tradition. Common Era , used by this author, is the alternate designation corresponding to A. The two-source theory of the literary relationship among the Synoptic Gospels holds that Mark has been used by Matthew and Luke.
They also use a second, hypothetical source, simply called Q for the German word quelle source. See Helmut Koester and Stephen J. Further, Matthew and Luke each have access to special sources of written or oral information M and L. The Gospel of John is viewed as having no direct literary relationship with the synoptics. John is the only exception, though it has nothing to do with travel.
That distortion calls for precise documentation and correction by historians. Jacques Migne Paris, et seq. Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea , ed. Graesse Dresden, ; English transl.
