Making of the Synoptic Gospels - Exploring the Ancient Sources

"Why are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke so similar, yet different? Paul A. Rainbow challenges theories that the evangelists modified each other's work, offering a nuanced hypothesis of a proto-gospel, which the three evangelists independently translated into Greek from Hebrew and enriched with oral testimonies and written fragments"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. State of the Question; 3. Testimonies of Galilee: Q; 4. Testimony of the Leaders at Jerusalem; 5. Embryonic Mark and Matthew; 6. Luke's Preparation; 7. Luke; 8. Mark; 9. Matthew (Greek); 10. Independence.

About the author

Paul A. Rainbow is Professor of New Testament Emeritus at Sioux Falls Seminary in South Dakota. He is the author of Johannine Theology (2014), The Pith of the Apocalypse (2008), and The Way of Salvation (2005).

Summary

Why are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke so similar, yet different? Paul A. Rainbow challenges theories that the evangelists modified each other's work, offering a nuanced hypothesis of a proto-gospel, which the three evangelists independently translated into Greek from Hebrew and enriched with oral testimonies and written fragments.

Product details

• Authors: Paul A Rainbow, Paul a. Rainbow, Paul A. (Sioux Falls Seminary Rainbow, Rainbow Paul A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9781009485371
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948537-1
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Oral History, BIBLES / General, HISTORY / Social History, BCE to c 500 CE, New Testaments, 1st century, c 1 to c 99