Revival Griesbach Hypothes

Investigates the revival of J. J. Griesbach's hypothesis that Mark was the last synoptic gospel to appear.

Christopher Tuckett (Author)

9780521018760, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 August 2005

264 pages
21.7 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.35 kg

There has recently been strong support for the hypothesis that, contrary to the formerly accepted view that Mark's gospel was the first to be written, Mark was in fact the last synoptic gospel to appear. This book is a detailed examination of the arguments used to support this view, which constitutes a revival of that put forward by J. J. Griesbach at the end of the eighteenth century. Since Markan priority and the Two-Document hypothesis have been basic presuppositions for much modern gospel study, all attempts to question them must be taken very seriously. Dr Tuckett does this by investigating the redactional activity each hypothesis presupposes, and by then asking which source theory provides the most rational and consistent account of the redactional process.

Acknowledgements
Note on abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Some Aspects of the History of the Study of the Synoptic Problem: Part II. General Phenomena: 1. Criteria
2. Mark's duplicate expressions
3. The historic present
4. The order and choice of the material
5. Conflated texts
6. Patristic evidence
7. The minor agreements
8. The Mark-Q overlaps
Part III. Some Particular Texts: Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]