eTalk Assessing the Endings of Mark in GA 044 (Lavra B.52)

Material of the eTalk “Assessing the Endings of Mark in GA 044 (Lavra B.52)”, Claire Clivaz, DH+, SIB, SNSF project MARK16. This eTalk highlights some early 2023 research results about the endings of Mark in the Greek manuscript GA 044 – codex Ψ or Lavra B.52. This manuscript is of particular importance in evaluating the shorter ending. This eTalk first demonstrates that GA 044 was copied with an awareness of a Markan version of the ending including 16:8/38–104, as attested in VL 1 (Codex Bobbiensis). Secondly, it demonstrates that GA 044 editorial marks are due to at least two different scribes and are traces of ancient interpretations. Finally, this evidence helps to explain why one always finds the longer ending of Mark following the conclusio brevior in the manuscripts that contain both. Thanks are due to the anonymous reviewer for the useful improvements suggested to this text.