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3 - Gospel Sources and Interrelations

from Part I - Approaching the Gospels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2021

By
Todd Brewer
Edited by
Stephen C. Barton  and
Todd Brewer
Stephen C. Barton
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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Summary

Provides an overview of current hypotheses about the sources used in the creation of the gospels and the implications source-critical theories have for gospels interpretation. After a discussion of the relation of the Gospel of John to the synoptics, attention is given to relations between the synoptics, and an account is given of the ongoing scholarly debate surrounding the ‘Q hypothesis’ and its rivals.

Keywords

Q hypothesisFarrer hypothesisL/M hypothesishistorical Jesuschristologyearly Christianitysource criticismform criticism
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The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels , pp. 50 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Bultmann, Rudolf, The History of the Synoptic Tradition, ET (New York: Harper & Row, 1976)Google Scholar
Eve, Eric, Behind the Gospels: Understanding Oral Tradition (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2014)Google Scholar
Goodacre, Mark, The Case against Q (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press, 2002)Google Scholar
Hengel, Martin, The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ: An Investigation of the Collection and Origin of the Canonical Gospels, trans. Bowden, John (London: SCM Press, 2000)Google Scholar
Kloppenborg, John S., Q, the Earliest Gospel: An Introduction to the Original Stories and Sayings of Jesus (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008)Google Scholar
Koester, Helmut, Ancient Christian Gospels: Their History and Development (London: SCM Press, 1990)Google Scholar
Porter, Stanley E., and Dyer, Bryan R., eds., The Synoptic Problem: Four Views (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2016)Google Scholar
Sanders, E. P., and Davies, Margaret, Studying the Synoptic Gospels (Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989)Google Scholar
Schröter, Jens, From Jesus to the New Testament: Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013)Google Scholar
Watson, Francis, Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013)Google Scholar

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