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Synoptic Gospel Sources


This part of the site investigates the written sources behind the synoptic gospels, or what is known as the 'synoptic problem'. The pages indicated below present the arguments for a common sense solution to this problem. The proposed solution bridges the gulf between Kloppenborg and Goulder.
The second and third pages below constitute a slightly revised version of a 'Short Study' entitled "A Three Source Theory for the Synoptic Problem" published in  Journal of Biblical Studies [http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org] 1:4 (2001).

Log of main changes

date reason for change
  26 Mar 2008 New page: Overview of an elegant solution to the Synoptic Problem
  14 May 2006 English text of sQ now set out in poetic form
  5 Sep 2005 New page: sQ = Papias' LOGIA
  13 Feb 2003 New page: The 36 links in tabular form
  8 Feb 2003 New page: English text of sQ
  22 Apr 2002 Fully structured sQ with 72 sayings in 36 pairs
  17 Dec 2000 New page: 'A look inside the source sQ'
  21 Nov 2000 The Unclean Spirit and Watchfulness parables also now allocated to xQ
  2 Oct 2000 The 'Lament for Jerusalem' now allocated to xQ (composed by Au_Matt)
  1 Dec 1999 New paragraph on the structure of sQ in 'The source sQ'
23 Nov 1999 First Edition


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