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The Farrer Luke Goes Trick-Or-Treating.
An idea for a Halloween costume: Dressing up in a tunic, carrying around six or seven wax tablets, a worn out copy of The Gospel of Mark, a brand new copy of The Gospel of Matthew, accompanied by a scribe with the Septuagint, and a desk (the last detail courtesy of Dr. Goulder, history buff… — read more
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Alan Kirk and the Farrer Theory (Youtube Appearance)
Alan Kirk appeared recently on History Valley–another real Q scholar on Youtube!–and at minute 26 Jacob asks about the Farrer theory. At first I thought it wasn’t fair when Kirk said Farrer theorists can’t agree on why Luke follows Mark for narrative material and Matthew for sayings material, rearranging it (a generalization, of course). “Is… — read more
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Bookends in The Gospel of Mark and S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders
Some commentators see an inclusio in Mark’s “Son of God” title (1:1 / – / 15:39) and the tearing imagery (1:10 / – / 15:38). Would’ve been cool if, writing as the young man, he began with: “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the empty tomb, I had only… — read more
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Gospel “Communities”
It’s one of those words that can expand and contract, “community.” Depending on the context, I can use “the Markan community” to suggest a network of hive-minded members whose shared values, rituals, oral traditions, etc went into the making of their own Gospel (a collaborative effort, obviously). And when someone challenges my broad conception–here’s looking… — read more
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Q: It’s Working!
Q has explanatory power. In Q, the Earliest Gospel, after bringing attention to inadequacies in the Griesbach and Farrer hypotheses, Kloppy writes of the 2 document hypothesis: “It works. It produces an account of the Gospels that makes sense. To assume that Matthew and Luke used a second document to supplement what they had from… — read more
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Historical Reliability of the Gospels and Playground Equipment
A mistake that modern historians make: “The idea that Jesus, after taking a beating that severe, could lug his cross to Golgotha is unbelievable. I’m pretty sure you go comatose after soldiers tear half your back out. And am I supposed to believe that two revolutionaries would–in their agony–shout insults at someone they’d never met?… — read more
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