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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 | |