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How Were the Gospels Written? The most difficult intellectual problem in human history. Experience with Jesus. Sources. Peter. Matt. Luke. John. Mark. Traditional view. How Were the Gospels Written? The most difficult intellectual problem in human history. Experience with Jesus.

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  1. How Were the Gospels Written? The most difficult intellectual problem in human history Experience with Jesus Sources Peter Matt Luke John Mark Traditional view

  2. How Were the Gospels Written? The most difficult intellectual problem in human history Experience with Jesus Sources Peter Matt Luke John Mark Traditional view Problems Too many differences: Lord’s prayer (69 & 143), Beatitudes (65) Too many similarities: Isaiah quote (24)

  3. Two-Source Theory Experience with Jesus “Matthew and Luke used Mark and Q to write their gospels.” Peter Mark Matt Luke John Q

  4. Two-Source Theory “Matthew and Luke used Mark and Q to write their gospels.” The two-source theory depends on two ideas: 1. Mark was the first gospel 2. There was a document called Q. (Q existed.)

  5. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. 1149 1068 661 Matt Mark Luke

  6. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. 1149 1068 661 Matt Mark Luke 1) Matthew contains 92% of Mark, but Mark only contains 50% of Matthew

  7. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. 1149 1068 661 606 500 Matt Mark Luke 1) Matthew contains 92% of Mark, but Mark only contains 49% of Matthew

  8. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. 1149 1068 661 606 500 325 325 Matt Mark Luke 1) Matthew contains 92% of Mark, but Mark only contains 49% of Matthew 2)Luke contains 48% of Mark, but Mark contains only 28% of Luke

  9. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary

  10. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary Sometimes they all agree (pericope 83)

  11. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary Sometimes Matthew and Mark agree against Luke (pericope 81)

  12. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary Sometimes Mark and Luke agree against Matthew (pericopes 94-5)

  13. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary But Matthew and Luke never agree against Mark

  14. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240

  15. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187

  16. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95

  17. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95 4) They remove redundancies 49

  18. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95 4) They remove redundancies 49 2. Q existed 1149 1068 661 606 500 325 325 Matt Mark Luke

  19. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95 4) They remove redundancies 49 2. Q existed A. Quelle means source in German 1149 1068 661 606 500 325 325 Matt Mark Luke

  20. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95 4) They remove redundancies 49 2. Q existed A. Quelle means source in German B. Q means 250 non-Markan verses that Matthew and Luke share 1149 1068 661 606 500 325 325 Matt Mark Luke Q Q

  21. 1. Mark is the first gospel A. Mark is shorter. Later works tend to be longer. B. Mark’s order is primary C. Matthew and Luke improve Mark’s style 1) They improve his vocabulary 240 2) They remove the historical present 187 3)They remove the Aramaic sayings 95 4) They remove redundancies 49 2. Q existed A. Quelle means source in German B. Q means 250 non-Markan verses that Matthew and Luke share C. These verses are practically identical, yet they appear in different contexts in Matthew and in Luke. 661 606 500 325 325 Matt Mark Luke Q Q

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