Investigates the revival of J. J. Griesbach's hypothesis that Mark was the last synoptic gospel to appear.

Acknowledgements; Note on abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Some Aspects of the History of the Study of the Synoptic Problem: Part II. General Phenomena: 1. Criteria; 2. Mark's duplicate expressions; 3. The historic present; 4. The order and choice of the material; 5. Conflated texts; 6. Patristic evidence; 7. The minor agreements; 8. The Mark-Q overlaps; Part III. Some Particular Texts: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.