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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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Early Comparisons of the Gospels | |
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The Development of Gospel "Synopses" | |
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The Literary Relationship of the Synoptic Gospels | |
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The Literary Interdependence of the Synoptic Gospels | |
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Agreement in Wording | |
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Agreement in Order | |
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Agreement in Parenthetical Material | |
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Luke 1:1-4 | |
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Unusual Literary Agreements | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Priority of Mark | |
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Mark's Shortness: The Argument from Length | |
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Mark's Poorer Writing Style: The Argument from Grammar | |
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Mark's Harder Readings | |
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The Lack of Matthew-Luke Agreements against Mark: The Argument from Verbal Agreements | |
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The Lack of Matthew-Luke Agreements against Mark: The Argument from Order | |
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Literary Agreements | |
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The Argument from Redaction | |
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Mark's More Primitive Theology | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Existence of Q | |
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Did Luke Know Matthew? | |
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Was Q a Written Source? | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Matthew-Luke Agreements against Mark | |
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Matthew-Luke Agreements in Omission | |
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Matthew-Luke Agreements in Grammar and Editing | |
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The Most Significant Matthew-Luke Agreements | |
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Explanations for the Matthew-Luke Agreements | |
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Conclusion | |
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The "Solution" to the Synoptic Problem | |
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The Griesbach Hypothesis | |
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The Priority of Mark and Q | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Value of Source Criticism | |
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Source Criticism and Historical Criticism | |
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Source Criticism and Redaction Criticism | |
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Source Criticism and Hermeneutics in General | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Preliterary History of the Gospel Traditions | |
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The Rise and Presuppositions of Form Criticism | |
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The Rise of Form Criticism | |
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The Presuppositions of Form Criticism | |
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Conclusion | |
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The General Reliability of the Oral Transmission of the Gospel Traditions | |
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Gospel Materials That Witness to the Traditions' Faithful Transmission | |
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The Early Church's High View of Tradition | |
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The Role of Eyewitnesses in Transmitting the Gospel Traditions | |
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A Sitz im Leben for the Gospel Traditions in Jesus' Ministry | |
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Other Considerations Favoring the Gospel Traditions' General Reliability | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Value of Form Criticism | |
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The Gospels Are Not Chronological Biographies | |
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Much of the Gospel Material Originally Circulated as Independent Units | |
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The Gospel Material Was Preserved for Its Religious Value | |
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The Evangelists' Editorial Work Is Seen More Clearly | |
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Jesus' Ipsissima Verba | |
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Interpretative Insights from Form Criticism | |
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Homiletical and Didactic Insights from Form Criticism | |
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Light on the Early Church | |
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The Inscripturation of the Gospel Traditions | |
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The Rise of Redaction Criticism | |
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The Method and Practice of Redaction Criticism | |
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Luke 5:17-18--Jesus the Healer | |
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The Holy Spirit in Luke | |
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The Lukan Emphasis on Prayer | |
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Matthew 13:10-17, 18-19, 23--The Need to Understand | |
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The Matthean Fulfillment Quotations | |
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Matthew 18:12-14--A Matthean Application of a Jesus Tradition | |
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Markan Redaction Criticism | |
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Mark 8:31-10:45--Following Jesus | |
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The Value of Redaction Criticism | |
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The Evangelists as Interpreters of Tradition | |
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The Gospels as Wholes | |
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The Meaning of the Gospels | |
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The Entire History of the Gospel Traditions | |
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The Quest of the Historical Jesus | |
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Hermeneutical Insights | |
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Conclusion | |
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Glossary | |
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Subject Index | |
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Author Index | |
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Scripture Index | |