The Tendencies of the Synoptic TraditionThe Synoptic Gospels contain traditions about Jesus which differ in some respects from Gospel to Gospel and, it is presumed, from the very earliest Christian traditions. Scholars often seek to establish the earliest form of each tradition and the methods and criteria they use are of the greatest importance. Dr Sanders here provides a reassessment of this whole problem. His study deals directly with the question of determining the reliability of the Synoptic Gospels. |
Contents
The Material | 29 |
The textual tradition 29 The early Fathers 35 The Apocryphal | 40 |
INCREASING LENGTH AS A POSSIBLE TENDENCY | 46 |
The Evidence from the PostCanonical Tradition | 53 |
speeches 58 Addition of dialogue 59 Omission or curtailment | 66 |
Speeches longer in one Gospel than in another 71 Speeches present | 78 |
INCREASING DETAIL AS A POSSIBLE TENDENCY | 88 |
The Evidence from the PostCanonical Tradition | 96 |
Subjects in one Gospel but not in another 152 Direct objects in | 170 |
another 174 The use of a phrase indicating circumstance in | 176 |
DIMINISHING SEMITISM AS A POSSIBLE TEN | 190 |
The Evidence from the Synoptic Gospels | 232 |
The use of asyndeton in one Gospel where another Gospel has a con | 240 |
junction 240 The use of the historic present in one Gospel but not | 246 |
DIRECT DISCOURSE AND CONFLATION | 256 |
CONCLUSIONS page | 272 |
The addition of the direct object 104 The omission of the direct | 110 |
The addition of nonadjectival prepositional phrases 112 The omission | 126 |
name 130 Other additions of proper names 131 Omissions of proper | 133 |
participle 138 The addition of circumstances 139 The omission | 143 |
APPENDIXES | 286 |
Bibliography | 307 |
Index | 319 |
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