The Marcionite Gospel and the Synoptic Problem: A New Suggestion

Author: Klinghardt, Matthias

Source: Novum Testamentum, Volume 50, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 1-27(27)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The most recent debate of the Synoptic Problem resulted in a dead-lock: The best-established solutions, the Two-Source-Hypothesis and the Farrer-Goodacre-Theory, are burdened with a number of apparent weaknesses. On the other hand, the arguments raised against these theories are cogent. An alternative possibility, that avoids the problems created by either of them, is the inclusion of the gospel used by Marcion. This gospel is not a redaction of Luke, but rather precedes Matthew and Luke and, therefore, belongs into the maze of the synoptic interrelations. The resulting model avoids the weaknesses of the previous theories and provides compelling and obvious solutions to the notoriously difficult problems.

Keywords: MARCION; MARCIONITE GOSPEL; SYNOPTIC PROBLEM

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853608X257527

Affiliations: 1: Dresden

Publication date: 2008-03-01