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    EVIDENCE FOR WHEN THE GOSPEL OF MARK WAS WRITTEN   DATE WRITTEN    
BOOK Number Scholars     EARLY LATE AVERAGE    
Mark 1 Peter Ainsilie D.D. A.D. 63 to 70   63 70 66.5    
Mark 2 Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary 70 AD  Paul J. Achtemeier, Ph.D.   70 70 70.0    
Mark 3 W.C. Allen, Ph.D. before A.D. 50   49 49 49.0    
Mark 4 An Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson Ph.D. & Douglas J. Moo, PhD. Late 50's or 60's   56 63 59.5    
Mark 5 Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, Ph.D. Editor   50 59 54.5    
Mark 7 Believer's Bible Commentary, William McDonald, Ph.D. Arthur Forstad, Ph.D.  A.D. 57 to 60   57 60 58.5    
Mark 8 Believer's Study Bible, W.A.Criswell, Ph.D., Editor,  A.D. 65 to 68   65 68 66.5   Bin
Mark 9 The Bible Knowlledge Commentary, John F. Walvoord, Ph.D., Roy B. Zuck, Ph.D. A.D. 57 to 59   57 59 58.0    
Mark 10 Allan Black, Ph.D. early AD 60's   60 63 61.5   45
Mark 11 Craig L. Bloomberg. Ph.D.    56 60 58.0    
Mark 12 Blue Letter Bible, Ad 50 to 55   50 55 52.5    
Mark 13 Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D. late 50's or early 60's is a good possibility   58 62 60.0    
Mark 14 James A. Brooks, Ph.D. A.D. 63 or 64   63 64 63.5    
Mark 15 Raymond E. Brown, Ph.D. AD 60 to 75, most likely between AD 68 & 73   68 73 70.5   50.1
Mark 16 F.F. Bruce, Ph.D.  Shortly after A.D. 60   60 60 60.0   55.2
Mark 17 D.A. Carson, R.T. France, and G.J. Wenham, eds. New Bible Commentary: 21 Century Edition, 60 to 70 CE   60 70 65.0   60.3
Mark 18 M. G. Easton M. A., D. D.  Probably about AD 63   63 63 63.0   65.4
Mark 19 James R. Edwards, Ph.D. Pillar  AD 65   65 65 65.0    
Mark 20 James M. Efird, Ph.D. AD 65 to 70   65 70 67.5   More
Mark 21 ESV Bible, Wayne Gruden, Ph.D. Gen Editor     50 60 55.0    
Mark 22 David A. Fiensy, Ph.D. AD 66 or 67   66 67 66.5    
Mark 23 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Ph.D. AD 60 to 70      60 70 65.0    
Mark 24 Norman L. Geisler, Ph.D. AD 55 to 60   55 60 57.5    
Mark 25 Robert A. Guelich, Ph.D. AD 67 to 70   67 70 68.5    
Mark 26 Robert H. Gundry, Ph.D.  A.D. 48 to 55   48 55 51.5    
Mark 27 Donald Guthrie, Ph.D. New Testament Introduction, 65 to 70 CE   65 70 67.5    
Mark 28 Gary R. Habermas, Ph.D.  A.D. 58 to 60   58 80 69.0    
Mark 29 William Hendriksen, Ph.D. AD 40 to 65, with the earlier date favored.   40 65 52.5    
Mark 30 Martin Hengel, Ph.D. AD 69   69 69 69.0   Column1
Mark 31 A.E. Hill, Ph.D. AD 50 to 70   50 70 60.0    
Mark 32 Holman Bible Handbook, David S. Dockery, Ph.D. Editor   50 70 60.0    
Mark 33 Nelsen'sStudy Bible H.Wayne House, Th.D. J.D. Editor,, A.D. 64 or 65   64 65 64.5    
Mark 34 R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and D. Brown, eds.  AD 54 to 68   54 68 61.0   Mean
Mark 35 Howard Clark Kee, Ph.D. before AD 70   69 69 69.0   Standard Error
Mark 36 Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. AD 64   64 64 64.0   Median
Mark 37 Werner Georg Kummel, Ph.D. AD 70   70 70 70.0   Mode
Mark 38 William L. Lane, Th.D. AD 60 to 70   60 70 65.0   Standard Deviation
Mark 39 John MacArthur, Ph.D. AD 50's   50 59 54.5   Sample Variance
Mark 40 K.E. Malberg, AD 68 to 69   68 69 68.5   Kurtosis
Mark 41 R.P. Martin, Ph.D.  A.D.60s to 70s   60 70 65.0    
Mark 42 Bruce Metzger, Ph.D. AD 65 to 75    65 75 70.0   Skewness
Mark 43 M.S. Mills, Ph.D. AD 68   68 68 68.0   Range
Mark 44 J.P.Moreland, Ph.D.  A.D. mid 40's to mid  50's   45 55 50.0    
Mark 45 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts  A.D. 55 to 68   55 68 61.5    
Mark 46 Thomas Nelson's KJV Study Bible, Wayne A. Brindle, Th.D. Editor   60 60 60.0    
Mark 47 Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, Earl D. Radmacher, Th.D. General Editor   64 65 64.5    
Mark 48 Jose O'Callaghan, Ph.D. about A.D. 40's, based on 7Q4,7Q5. 7Q6 dated 50 c.   40 49 44.5    
Mark 49 N. Perrin, Ph.D. after AD 64/65   66 66 66.0   Minimum
Mark 50 S.L. Peterson, AD 70  Timeline Charts of the Western Church   70 70 70.0   Maximum
Mark 51 Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Ph.D. General Editor, earlier than A.D. 62   61 61 61.0    
Mark 52 J.A.T. Robinson, Ph.D.  AD 45 to 60   45 60 52.5   Sum
Mark 53 T. Robinson, AD 69 The Bible Timeline   69 69 69.0   Count
Mark 54 Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D., Ryrie Study Bible AD 50s or 60s    50 69 59.5   Confidence Level(95.0%)
Mark 55 Edward P. Sanders, Ph.D. AD 65 to 70   65 70 67.5    
Mark 56 William Smith, Ph.D. Smith's Bible Dictionary. A.D.63 to 70   63 70 66.5    
Mark 57 Carsten Peter Thiede, Ph.D. Before AD 62 Director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research in Paderborn, Germany    61 61 61.0    
Mark 58 Edward J. Tinsley, Ph.D. AD 60 to 70   60 70 65.0    
Mark 59 C.C. Torrey, Ph.D.  Early 40's   40 44 42.0    
Mark 60 Joseph B. Tyson, Ph.D. AD 70 AD   70 70 70.0    
Mark 61 Merrill F. Unger, Ph.D. Th.D, A.D. 50 to 60   50 60 55.0    
Mark 62 Bob Utley, DMim, earleri than the early 60's   59 59 59.0    
Mark 63 Paul D. Wegner, Ph.D. author The Jjourney from Texts to Translations AD 60-events reccorded generation earlier   60 60 60.0    
Mark 64 J. Wenham, Ph.D. AD 45   45 45 45.0    
Mark 65 Edwin Yamauchi, Ph.D. as early as A.D. 50   50 50 50.0    
Mark 66 Franklin W. Young, Ph.D. AD 65 to 70   65 70 67.5    
Mark 67 The Woman's Study Bible, Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Ph.D. General Editor   65 65 65.0    
Mark 68 Willmington's Bible Handbook, Harold L. Willmington, Ph.D.   58 58 58.0    
Mark 69              
Mark 70              
Mark 71              
Mark 72              
Mark 73              
    Number Scholars   68 Average 61.5    
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