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quity and trustworthiness of this ascription of the last twelve verses 

 of Mark to "Ariston" arose while studying the original articles of 

 Dr. Conybeare, and it was not until later that the articles of Prof. 

 Bacon were studied. These served to confirm the view already 

 formed, but the preceding argument is by no means dependent upon 

 the acceptance or rejection of Prof. Bacon's theory of the misunder- 

 standing of the Armenian scribe. That theory suggests an explana- 

 tion of the origin of the inference, but independently of it, the evidence 

 indicates : 



1. We have no evidence that this rubric contains an early tradition, 

 since we cannot trace it back of the ]\IS in which it is found, which is 

 dated 989 A.D. 



2. We have no proof that it is a trustworthy tradition, since no 

 other trace of it has as yet been found. 



3. We cannot be sure which Ariston the rubric refers to. The 

 evidence for his identification with the Aristion of Papias is very weak. 

 And if the scribe intended to indicate Ariston of Pella, the probability 

 is that he was mistaken. 



Therefore we conclude that the words "Ariston Eritzou" of the 

 Edschmiadzin codex gives only a late, and probably an untrustworthy 

 inference or conjecture of a scribe. 



The whole question, therefore, of the authorship and source of 

 the last twelve verses of the Gospel according to Mark is still open 



Bibliography. 



Conybeare, F. C, "Armenian Version" H.D.B. in loco. 



BuRKiTT, Under "Texts and Versions." Encj^cl. Bibl. 



Lake, K., Under "Bible". Encycl. Brit. 11th ed. 



Ken YON, Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the N.T. 



Robinson, J. Armitage, " Euthaliana." 



Conybeare, F. C, The Academy, Feb. 1, 1896. A review of the above. 



Zahn, Geschichte des N.T. Kanons p. 913. 



Martin, J. P. P., Introduction a la Critique textuelle du N.T. Tome II, p. 330f. 



Bibliography. 



"Of the Presbyter Ariston," 

 Conybeare, F. C, " Aristion, the Author of the Last Twelve Verses of Mark," 

 The Expositor, Oct. 1893, pp. 241-254. (Series IV, No. xlvi.) 

 The original announcement of the discovery. 

 Harnack, In the Theologische Literaturzeitung, Nov. 1893. 



Little more than a recapitulation of the above. Inclines to the 

 view that Conybeare is right. 



