Greek (or Coptic) remains a distinctlysecond language. The Case Against Q ...isa challenging, well argued and eminently readable work. It is worth seriousconsideration by anyone with an interest in the synoptic problem." -- The Expository Times , December 2005 ( Expository Times ) About the Author Mark Goodacre is Associate Professor in New Testament, Department of Religion, Duke University. More About the Author Mark Goodacre is an Associate Professor in New Testament at the Department of Religion, Duke University, North Carolina, USA. He earned his MA, M.Phil and DPhil at the University of Oxford and was Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham until 2005. His research interests include the Synoptic Gospels, the Historical Jesus and the Gospel of Thomas. Goodacre is editor of the Library of New Testament Studies book series and the author of four books including The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002) and Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012). He is well known for the award-winning internet site, The New Testament Gateway, the web directory of academic New Testament resources, and he has his own regular podcast on the New Testament, the NT Pod. Goodacre has acted as consultant for several TV and radio programs including The Passion (BBC / HBO, 2008) and The Bible: A History (Channel 4, 2010). For more details, see Mark Goodacre's homepage. Ch1 The psychological reasons Q is taken for