stephan huller

Yes marak means broth or soup in Hebrew and in Arabic I think too.

Mary, I take the reference in Philosophumena very seriously. Marcion and the Gospel of Mark. Marcion and the Evangelist Mark. This tips the scales in favor of some relationship between Marcion and the name Mark. That and the 'self-castrating' beaver references in Tertullian, Epiphanius's report has the 'amputated' references to Marcion and the Philosophumena's amputated fingers of St Mark. There's something here.

maryhelena

I agree, most probably there is "some relationship between Marcion and the name Mark".

However, your above statement does not identify what you mean by *Marcion* and what you mean by *Mark*.

aa5874

You take the Philosophumena very seriously??

Well, there is NO evidence that there was a character called Mark in the first place.

The writings according to Mark are of Unknown authorship.