This volume addresses the Synoptic Problem and how it emerged in a historical context closely connected with challenges to the historical reliability of the gospels; questions the ability of scholarship arriving at a compelling reconstruction of the historical Jesus; the limits of the canon; and an examination of the relationship between the historical reliability of gospel material and ecclesial dogma that was presumed to flow from the gospels.

The contributors, all experts in the Synoptic Problem, probe various sites and issues in the 19th and 20th century to elaborate how the Synoptic Problem and scholarship on the synoptic gospels was seen to complement, undergird, or complicate theological views. By exploring topics ranging from the Q hypothesis to the Markan priority and the Two Document hypothesis, this volume supplies extensive theological context to the beginnings of synoptic scholarship from an entirely new perspective.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1. Theological Issues at Stake in Early 20th Century Research on the Synoptic Problem -- C. M. Tuckett, University of Oxford, UK
2. The Decline of the Gospel Harmony: Loss or Gain? -- Marijke de Lang, United Bible Societies
3. The Archaeology of the Q Hypothesis: The Case of H. J. Holtzmann -- Francis Watson, University of Durham, UK
4. Memory, Tradition, and Synoptic Sources: The Quest of Holtzmann and Wernle for a Pre-Dogma Jesus – Alan Kirk, James Madison University, USA
5. The Search for “Urevangelium” as a Question of the Authority of the Jesus Tradition -- Markus Tiwald, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
6. The Rise of the Markan Priority Hypothesis and Early Responses and Challenges to It – Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, UK
7. "No Weapon but That of Analysis”: Issues at Stake in the Rise and Reception of the Two-Document Hypothesis – Daniel Smith, Huron University, Canada
8. The Synoptic Problem, the Apocryphal Gospels, and the Quest of the Historical Jesus: Towards a Reformulation of the Synoptic Problem -- Jens Schröter, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
9. French Catholic Scholars on the Synoptic Problem in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries -- Benedict Viviano, Fribourg University, Switzerland
10. Camouflaging Q: The Catholic 2DH from Lagrange to Sickenberger and Beyond -- John Kloppenborg, University of Toronto, Canada
Bibliography
Index

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The chapters in this volume discuss the connections between Catholic and Protestant theologies of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the various ways that scholarship on the synoptic gospels was seen to complement or complicate these theological streams.
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Provides the theological context to the beginnings of synoptic scholarship in a way rarely examined before
Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.
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ISBN
9780567688262
Publisert
2020-08-20
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T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
499 gr
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234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
232

Biografisk notat

John S. Kloppenborg is Professor and Chair of the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Joseph Verheyden is Professor at the KU Leuven, Belgium