Why Four Gospels?: The Historical Origins of the Gospels - Softcover

Black, David Alan

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9780825420702: Why Four Gospels?: The Historical Origins of the Gospels

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ISBN 10: 0825420709 ISBN 13: 9780825420702

Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2001

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A succinct but comprehensive treatment of the synoptic issues that offers a viable alternative to the Markan priority position.

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“Black's brief study of the composition of the Gospels summarizes early Christian evidence about their origins and history. He provides the interested non-specialist with a valuable survey of this wrongly neglected and unfashionable aspect of New Testament studies. His often-provocative pronouncements together with a healthy bibliography should stimulate much interest and further debate about the validity of early patristic testimony.”

—J. Keith Elliott
Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism
University of Leeds

“Those like myself who remain persuaded of the greater probability of the two-source hypothesis and do not find it to be incompatible with our understanding of the Gospels as divinely-inspired Scripture will nevertheless welcome Black's book as a clear and succinct statement of an alternative position that will greatly help students in their assessment of the various theories of the origins of the Gospels.”

—I. Howard Marshall
Honorary Research Professor of New Testament
University of Aberdeen

“One does not have to agree with everything Dr. Black has to say in this far-ranging book to recognize that he has made a real contribution to a central issue of New Testament research: the nature and origins of the Gospels. Not the least of the useful things Black has done is to give many ancient Christian writers renewed voice in the ongoing debate.”

—Rev. James Swetnam, S.J.
Professor Emeritus, Pontifical Biblical Institute

“Black has given us a refreshing reacquisition of the voice of the patristic fathers in the attempt to discover the origins of the four Gospels. While not all will be convinced of his reconstruction of the historical circumstances and sequence of the writing of the individual gospels, students and scholars alike will benefit from entertaining this alternative to the entrenched, mechanical Two/Four Source hypothesis.”

—Michael J. Wilkins
Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
La Mirada, California

David Alan Black (D.Theol., University of Basel) is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including Learn to Read New Testament Greek, Interpreting the New Testament, and Rethinking the Synoptic Problem. He has written more than 100 articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Biblica, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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David Alan Black (D. Theol., University of Basel) is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including Learn to Read New Testament Greek, Interpreting the New Testament, and Rethinking the Synoptic Problem. He has written more than 100 articles in journals such as New Testament Studies, Biblica, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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