Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 537 Seiten, Gewicht: 689 g
Reihe: Biblical Tools and Studies
Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 537 Seiten, Gewicht: 689 g
Reihe: Biblical Tools and Studies
ISBN: 978-90-429-3373-6
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
This study examines the relative plausibility of three contemporary
synoptic gospel source-critical hypotheses, namely the Two-Document
Hypothesis (2DH), the Two-Gospel Hypothesis (2GH), and the Farrer
Hypothesis (FH). Specific attention is paid to the implied redaction of
the Gospel miracle traditions, which are evaluated through the lens of
first-century Greco-Roman biographical and narrative rhetorical
conventions. The influence of such conventions is first demonstrated in
the known adaptations of two first-century writers, namely Josephus and
Plutarch. The same conventions are then used to assess the relative
redactional plausibility of the three synoptic hypotheses, first in
relation to the implied order and selection of miracle traditions, then
in relation to narrative adaptations in three specific miracle
pericopes. While the cumulative evidence clearly points to the greater
plausibility of the Markan Priority hypotheses over against the 2GH,
neither the 2DH nor FH was demonstrably more plausible than the other.
