The Case Against Q Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem

by Goodacre, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781563383342
• ISBN10: 1563383349
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Summary

A fascinating critique of the Q hypothesis, offering new arguments and fresh reflections that reaffirm Markan Priority as the key to successful Synoptic scholarship. Provides a plausible explanation of Synoptic relationships.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
First Impressions	1	(18)
Setting in Place the Cornerstone: The Priority of Mark	19	(27)
Reasons and Rhetoric	46	(35)
``Unscrambling the Egg with a Vengeance''? Luke's Order and the Sermon on the Mount	81	(24)
Luke, Narrative Criticism, and the Sermon on the Mount	105	(16)
The Synoptic Jesus and the Celluloid Christ	121	(12)
How Blessed Are the Poor? Source-Critical Reflections on the First Beatitude in Matthew, Luke, Thomas and Q	133	(19)
Major and Minor Agreements	152	(18)
Narrative Sequence in a Sayings Gospel? Reflections on a Contrast between Thomas and Q	170	(17)
Epilogue	187	(4)
Bibliography	191	(20)
Index of Ancient Texts	211	(10)
Index of Authors	221	(4)
Index of Subjects	225