28 AUGUST 1897, Page 25

St. Mark's IndebtednPss to St. Matthew. By F. S. Badham,

MA. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr. Badham holds that St. Mark's Gospel is posterior in date to St. Matthew's, and constructs an elaborate argument to prove it. What he describes as the " un-Judaic character" of St. Mark is, he thinks, an important point. But might it not be argued that the very earliest and simplest record would probably have no special character? The subject is far toe large and too technical for discussion here, but we may say that the volume, whether it makes out its contention or not, is worth study.