The Midwest Center for Theological Studies blog has some notes on the four gospels, which largely rely on Why Four Gospels?. (HT: The Voice of One Crying Out in Suburbia)
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Byhneufeld6:57 PM Mark as an enabling document: Matthew is the fundamental Gospel and the most important, but each was written and published in response to a particular need of the church in a particular historical situation. The real significance of Mark lies in Peter’s guarantee that Luke was fit to be read beside Matthew in…
Dave Black at Shepherds Theological Seminary
Byhneufeld(We had a report on this from a member of the audience, linked earlier today.) 8:23 AM At the Shepherds Seminary last night I spoke on the origins of the four Gospels. And what a great time we had.
On the Reliability of the Gospels, Especially Mark
Byadmin(Extracted from Dave Black Online, March 17, 2015. Used by permission.) 11:44 PM Just wanted to say hello before going to bed tonight. I spent a few days in the Dallas area over the weekend, primarily to attend a conference sponsored by Brite Divinity School and featuring Adela Yarbro Collins of Yale. Her topic was…
Motivation for Matthew
Byhneufeld10:12 AM On the original motivation for Matthew: As soon as the first wave of converts had been baptized and their instruction organized by the Twelve, the apostles’ thoughts turned to the practical question of how to unify and consolidate their teaching about Jesus. The apostles realized that they somehow needed to promulgate those passages…
Implications of the Fourfold Gospel Hypothesis
Byadmin(From Dave Black Online. Used by permission.) 11:48 AM Hello bloggers, Sorry for posting so much about me of late. I think we all need a break from that, don’t you? So, to change the subject …. The journal New Testament Studies has kindly been allowing access to several of its essays for free. I…
Mark Presents Peter
Byhneufeld7:47 AM Mark as the interpres of Peter: Indeed, it is the modern critics, blinded by their conviction of the priority of Mark, who have failed to accept the obvious message of the patristic evidence. That is why they have misunderstood the significance of the texts that always describe the disciple Mark as the go-between…