History and Criticism of the Marcan Hypothesis, meticulously traces the Marcan Hypothesis (that Mark was the first Gospel written) from its origins with figures like Wilke, Weisse, and Holtzmann, heavily criticizing their methods as biased, circular, and premise-driven rather than evidence-based, arguing they set out to prove the theory instead of impartially examining data, thus laying foundational flaws for the hypothesis. The work, translated by D.L. Niewyk, challenges the assumption of Markan priority by exposing the subjective reasoning of its early proponents.