Matt Capps Notes the Release

James A. Lee at Deliver Detroit reviews Why Four Gospels? A sample: With the prevalence of evangelical dismissal of anything common to the 1st century or pre-reformation thought concerning the order and historicity of Church life, or documents, this book comes as a challenge to the dismissal of Patristic witness concerning the chronological order of…

That was fast!  No sooner received than reviewed!  A publisher cannot help but love a review titled “Why you should read ___!” I’ll leave his five reasons you should read the book for you to find in his review, but I want to quote this: Dr. Black deals with technical information in an easy-to-follow format…

His conclusion: I heartily recommend this book to any person lay or scholar who is interested in Gospel and or Synoptic studies – if you are for Markan priority I think it is even more important you read this book – why?  Because too often Markan priority people make comments like the quote I gave…

There’s a nice, and exceptionally readable, review of Why Four Gospels? at A Living Sacrifice. I don’t usually comment on our blog reviewers, because bloggers must be free to review as they see fit, but in this case I make an exception. I’m not talking about the review being positive (which it is), but about…

An extract from the review: Black’s skill as a writer shines in this book: he successfully puts the pieces together in what many have considered an unsovable jig-saw puzzle. Black demonstrates that the solution need not be complicated by far-fetched hypothecating of fanciful theories about lost sources. He accomplishes this in a straightforward, clear manner…