Relating the Gospels : Memory, Imitation and the Farrer Hypothesis Hardback
by Dr Eric (Harris Manchester College, UK) Eve
Part of the The Library of New Testament Studies series
Hardback
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This volume examines the synoptic problem and argues that the similarities between the gospels of Matthew and Luke outweigh the objections commonly raised against the theory that Luke used the text of Matthew in composing his gospel.
While agreeing with scholars who suggests that memory played a leading role in ancient source-utilization, Eric Eve argues for a more flexible understanding of memory, which would both explain Luke’s access of Matthew’s double tradition material out of the sequence in which it appears in Matthew, and suggest that Luke may have been more influenced by Matthew’s order than appears on the surface.
Eve also considers the widespread ancient practice of literary imitation as another mode of source utilization the Evangelists, particularly Luke, could have employed, and argues that Luke’s Gospel should be seen in part as an emulation of Matthew’s.
Within this enlarged understanding of how ancient authors could utilize their sources, Luke’s proposed use of Matthew alongside Mark becomes entirely plausible, and Eve concludes that the Farrer Hypothesis of Matthew using Mark, and Luke consequently using both gospels, to be the most likely solution to the Synoptic Problem.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:11/02/2021
- ISBN:9780567681102
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:11/02/2021
- ISBN:9780567681102
