Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] For further reading on the Synoptic problem and its possible solutions by Bart D. Ehrman Read by John Paul Middlesworth I have now finished my short thread on the synoptic problem and here would like to provide some guidelines for additional reading for anyone who, well, just can't get enough. These books are written by experts dealing with various aspects of the problem and its solutions. I've indicated which ones are most suitable for beginners and non specialists. This is taken from my textbook the New A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York, Oxford University Press. The 8th edition was co authored with Hugo Mendez.
[00:00:41] Dale Allison, the Jesus Tradition in Kew. Trinity Press International, 1997. An intriguing attempt to reconstruct the history of the Q tradition which disputes the influential conclusions of Kloppenburg for advanced students.
[00:00:57] William Farmer, the Synoptic A critical analysis. Macmillan, 1964. One of the best attempts to argue against the majority of scholars that Matthew was the first gospel to be written for advanced students.
[00:01:13] Mark Goodacre, the Case against Q Studies in Mark and Priority and the Synoptic Problem. Trinity Press International, 2002. An interesting argument against the existence of the Q source. Mark Goodacre, the Synoptic A Way through the Maze. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. An insightful discussion of all the ins and outs of the synoptic problem. Useful for beginning students.
[00:01:41] John S. Kloppenborg, the Earliest An Introduction to the Original Stories and Sayings of Jesus. Westminster, John Knox Press, 2008. A brief and highly insightful analysis of the major questions concerning Q, including why it appears to have existed and what its message of Jesus was.
[00:02:02] Keith Nicholl, the Synoptic Conflict and Consensus. Revised and Expanded edition. Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. A brief and clear discussion of the synoptic problem. Excellent for beginning students.
[00:02:17] Sarah E. Rawlins, Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus the Ideological Project in the Sayings Gospel q. More Xebec, 2014.
[00:02:27] A discussion that presupposes the existence of Q and susses out the social milieu that might have produced it for more advanced readers.
[00:02:36] E.P. sanders and Margaret Davies, Studying the Synoptic Gospels. Trinity Press International, 1989. A detailed and thorough discussion of the complexities involved in the synoptic problem, including some of the major difficulties with accepting the existence of a cue source. Especially suited to advanced students.
[00:02:57] Robert Stein, the Synoptic an introduction. Baker Bookhouse, 1987. A good book length treatment of the range of issues involved in the synoptic problem for beginning students.
[00:03:10] B.H. the Four Gospels. Macmillan, 1924. The classic discussion of the synoptic problem, which mounts compelling arguments for the priority of Mark and the existence of Q.
[00:03:23] Benedict Viviano. What Are They Saying about q? Paulist Press, 2013. A brief and authoritative statement about what contemporary scholars are now saying about Q. It.
