This book includes a two-part version of the encounter with the fig tree and is the only one to directly describe its central figure as "a (*) carpenter".
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire hypothesizes that this book's second ending was written and added during the Middle Ages. A Bart Ehrman essay presents this book's central character's anger is fundamental to his power. This book is the extant source in the two-source hypothesis. This book includes a two-part version of the encounter with the fig tree and is the only one to directly describe its central figure as "a (*) carpenter". This book opens by quoting the prophecy of a voice crying in the wilderness and its first chapter describes John baptizing someone in the River Jordan. Its original ending stops with disciples discovering the empty tomb, and it is the only synoptic gospel that lacks a birth narrative of Jesus. For 10 points, name this shortest canonical gospel, the source for Matthew and Luke.
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire hypothesizes that this book's second ending was written and added during the Middle Ages.
Gospel of Mark [or Gospel According to Mark; accept "Good News" in place of Gospel]