Ancient Compositional Practices and the Synoptic Problem
Overview
This book investigates the ways in which an understanding of
the literary culture(s) of the Greco-Roman world can inform Synoptic source
critical discussion. From a survey of ancient book production, a study of the
interplay between orality and textuality, the identification and analysis of
written sources and how they were adapted by later authors, we are able to
catalog a set of compositional methods of ancient writers. From this, we are
able to test the extent to which three "solutions" to the Synoptic
Problem (i.e., The Two-Gospel (Neo-Griesbach) Hypothesis, the Farrer-Goulder
Hypothesis, and the Two-Document (Two-Source) Hypothesis) are consistent with
the known practices of writers in antiquity. We conclude that while all three of
the theories had certain problems in light of our catalogue of compositional
practices, some had more problems than others. In the end, it appears that the
Two-Document Hypothesis has the fewest problems in light of the compositional
practices of antiquity.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9789042916371
- ISBN-10: 9042916370
- Publisher: Peeters
- Publish Date: December 2005
- Dimensions: 9.59 x 6.41 x 0.83 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.24 pounds
- Page Count: 290
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