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Christology and the Synoptic Problem: An Argument for Markan Priority

Name: Christology and the Synoptic Problem: An Argument for Markan Priority
Author: Peter M. Head
ISBN: 9780521018890

by Peter M. Head, John Court

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Overview

This book makes a major contribution to the ongoing debate about which of the Synoptic gospels was written first. Dr Head has evolved a new approach to the problem, using the christological criterion in order to produce more objective results. He compares the consensus view - that Mark's gospel was the first to be written - with the view that Mark used, conflated and abbreviated Matthew and Luke (a view which is undergoing a contemporary revival). The author confirms the hypothesis of Markan priority, but argues that Matthew was a developer rather than a corrector of Mark.