Tag: Gospels

  • Gotthold Lessing

    See Kümmel 76. Please see the symbol key for an explanation of the diagrams in this post series. In this post:

  • Gottlob Storr

    See Kümmel 75–76. Please see the symbol key for an explanation of the diagrams in this post series. In this post:

  • Johann Griesbach

    See Kümmel 75. Please see the symbol key for an explanation of the diagrams in this post series. In this post:

  • Solutions to the Synoptic Problem: Symbol Key

    The following symbols, listed alphabetically, are used in the post series that summarizes solutions to the synoptic problem: A, or UrMk – Urmarkus (a proto-Gospel of Mark) Ar – Aramaic frag – fragmentary GosNaz – Gospel of the Nazarenes Heb – Hebrew L – a special, Lukan source Lk – Luke M – a special,…

  • Solutions to the Synoptic Problem: Introduction

    The ‘synoptic problem’ is a phenomenon that arises because the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), while they contain so much similar material, do not always report the same material in the same way. Various solutions for the synoptic problem that have been proposed—so many that their nuances can be difficult to remember. This post…

  • Irenaeus on the Fourfold Gospel Tradition

    In the third book of his work, Against Heresies, Irenaeus takes up a defense of the fourfold Gospel tradition. This defense proceeds as follows: It is not possible that the Gospels can be either more or fewer in number than they are. For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live,…