Authentic: The Case for Mark 16:9-20: 2016 Edition

by James Snapp Jr.

Everything you think you know about Mark 16:9-20 is wrong. But there's something you can do about read " The Case for Mark 16:9-20." Confronting and testing some claims made by the late Bruce Metzger and other commentators, James Snapp Jr. maintains that verses 9-20 of chapter 16 were included in the original text of the Gospel of Mark when copies first began to be made for church-use. A summary of the case (with special attention to Vaticanus and Sinaiticus) is followed by a detailed review of external evidence from the 100's-500's and beyond. Various urban legends (such as the "asterisks and obeli" claim) are shown to be false. Internal evidence is also covered, with a refutation of the "pastiche" theory of the origin of the passage. A supplemental chapter offers a critique of part of a 2008 book about this passage. " The Case for Mark 16:9-20," newly updated for 2016, is essential reading for anyone who desires to be fully informed on the New Testament's most significant text-critical controversy.

418 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 8, 2016

Reviews

[Rev Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would rate this book higher if I could. There is so much misinformation floating around regarding the ending of Mark and James Snapp's thorough work brings the lies and misconceptions to light. Don't reject the ending of Mark without examining all the details. Well written and informative, I wish more church members and pastors would be willing to sit through a quality yet lengthy book on this topic.

[J Landon Light · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides a devastating case that the longer ending of Mark is authentic and should be retained in our bibles. Also shows how sloppy and careless much of the scholarship on the issue has been. Extremely thorough documentation. Snapp has done an incredible labor of research and documentation and his findings should be more widely disseminated to correct a glaring problem in modern translations. And before you write him off as a KJO/TRO or something- he isn't one.

[Josiah Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are considering the validity of the long ending of Mark, this book provides convincing evidence and arguments for it's historicity and cannonical nature. The long ending of Mark is authoritative Scripture.

[Douglas Brock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent defence of the authenticity and and divine authority of including the last 12 verses of Mark's Gospel. Long, but a must read.