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Rhetoric and the Synoptic Problem

by Mike Duncan

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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For scholars and students of New Testament studies

Clarifies the connections between the synoptic gospels

You will gain insights into Jesus' life and teachings

This book explores the literary relationships of the Synoptic Gospels through rhetorical theory.

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Mike Duncan argues that the Farrer Hypothesis is the best working solution to the Synoptic Problem in New Testament studies by way of rhetorical theory, as he sees the Synoptic Problem as less about source and textual criticism and more as a writing problem that concerns how and why they were composed The book’s six chapters feature case studies of different aspects of gospel rhetoric, such as how the different post-resurrection accounts interact with each other and how the apostles are portrayed from gospel to gospel. These chapters form a collective argument—that the synoptic gospels are competing rhetorical narratives about Jesus, with the authors of Luke and Matthew reacting to previous gospels with the goal of superseding the previously composed versions of Jesus’s life. However, Duncan acknowledges that the Farrer Hypothesis has special difficulties and cannot be pushed beyond an educated guess, that the Synoptic Problem remains an unsolvable problem due to a lack of evidence and lost original context, and that it is only a philosophical acceptance of the inaccessibility of a solution that paradoxically allows a frank and unsentimental view of the alternatives.
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  • Title

    Rhetoric and the Synoptic Problem

  • Author

    Mike Duncan

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    May 2022

  • Weight

    609g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978713086

  • ISBN-10

    1978713088

  • Eden Code

    5683616

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