By Mark Goodacre
In all probability the best literary enigma in heritage, The Synoptic challenge has involved generations of students who've questioned over the agreements, the disagreements, the differences and the peculiarities of the connection among the 1st 3 of our canonical Gospels. but The Synoptic challenge continues to be inaccessible to scholars, who're frequently twisted up in its obvious complexities. yet now Goodacre bargains a fashion during the maze, with the promise of emergence on the finish, explaining a full of life and clean type what examine of The Synoptic challenge contains, why it is necessary and the way it'd be solved. it is a readable, balanced and up to date consultant, perfect for undergraduate scholars and the overall reader.
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But the Synoptic Problem will not go away. It continues to exert a fascination and an importance like nothing else in biblical studies. One might say that there are, broadly, four reasons—historical, theological, cultural and literary— that make the study of the Synoptic Problem worthwhile. a. History One of the main reasons for the continued interest is undoubtedly the matter of historical enquiry. For most New Testament scholars, in spite of the rise of new, sometimes profitable ways of reading texts, historical questions remain important and interesting.
Theological: examining the Synoptic Problem encourages theological reflection about the interaction between the Gospel texts. • Contemporary: although not currently popular, there are ways in which the Synoptic Problem might profitably interact with contemporary approaches to the New Testament, like narrative-criticism. • The Literary Puzzle: the Synoptic Problem is probably the most fascinating literary enigma of all time. Let us, then, having entered the maze, begin to explore it. Before doing this, though, readers should be warned.
The Two-Source Theory is sometimes used to help in the quest of the historical Jesus. � The Synoptic Problem asks interesting historical questions about the Gospels and their place in the development of Christianity. b. Theology Such questions are not, of course, only of historical interest, for clearly they have important theological dimensions. Indeed synoptic study, by accentuating the differences between the Gospels, can help to sharpen important theological questions. To follow on from the above examples, what does synoptic study tell us about shades of first-century Christology?