From the Earliest Gospel (Q+) to the Gospel of Mark: Solving the Synoptic Problem with Mimesis Criticism

MacDonald, Dennis R./ Van Dore, James R. (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1978703392 / ISBN 13: 9781978703391

Published by Fortress Academic, 2019

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299 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Earliest Gospel (Q+) to the Gospel of Mark: Solving the Synoptic Problem with Mimesis Criticism
• Publisher: Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978703392
• ISBN 13: 9781978703391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.65 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

From the Earliest Gospel (Q+) to the Gospel of Mark focuses on the remarkable overlaps between Jesus’s teachings in the lost Gospel Q and Mark.

Dennis R. MacDonald argues Synoptic intertextuality is best explained not as the redaction of sources but more flexibly as the imitation of literary models. Part One applies the criteria of mimesis criticism in a running commentary on Q+ to demonstrate that it polemically imitated Deuteronomy. Part Two argues that Mark in turn tendentiously imitated Logoi. The Conclusion proposes that Matthew and Luke in turn brilliantly and freely imitated both Logoi and Mark and by doing so created scores of duplicate sayings and episodes (doublets).

About the Author

Dennis R. MacDonald has taught at Goshen College, Iliff School of Theology, and the Claremont School of Theology, from which he is now semiretired.