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Where Does Mark Fit in the Gospels?

Byadmin January 31, 2021

Sunday, January 31 10:28 AM In our Mark class this week we will be focusing on textual criticism, verbal aspect, and the Synoptic Problem. Why do we have four Gospels? Where does Mark fit in? In Matthew, Jesus is king. In Mark, Jesus is servant. In Luke, Jesus is fully man. And in John, Jesus is…

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On the Reliability of the Gospels, Especially Mark

Byadmin March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

(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…

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Pay Attention to Ancient Sources

Byhneufeld June 13, 2013June 13, 2013

5:45 AM When the great C. S. Lewis moved from Oxford to Cambridge, his inaugural lecture explored the theme of literary history. In it he questioned the age-old practice of referring to “periods” in English literature, such as the “Renaissance.” Such terms, he insisted, were myths. “The Renaissance never happened,” he said. He argued that…

Book Extracts

The Purpose of Luke

Byhneufeld November 23, 2010

9:55 AM Why the Gospel of Luke? Through hindsight we can determine the assignment that Luke received from Paul by comparing the Gospels of Luke and Matthew and by noting Luke’s deviations. In the first place, Luke carefully followed the main structure of Matthew throughout and generally adhered to the order of its various sections…

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Motivation for Matthew

Byhneufeld November 23, 2010

10:12 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…

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The Church Fathers and Study of the Gospels

Byhneufeld May 18, 2012

5:50 AM I’m glad to see that the Gospel of Mark is being discussed on several blogs these days. The latest hubbub seems to have to do with something called Mark’s “community.” However, the elephant in the room, it seems to me, is the absence of any discussion of the church fathers. Of course, a…

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