One Gospel From Two: Mark's Use of Matthew and Luke
"One can only admire Peabody, Cope, and McNicol for their courage in swimming against more than one hundred and twenty years of widespread consensus in synoptic studies. Indeed this study should be required reading for modern synoptic scholars if only to give depth to their scholarly integrity."—Sean P. Kealy C.S.Sp., author of Mark's Gospel: A History of Interpretation (-Sean P. Kealy C.S.Sp.,)While many may disagree with the working hypothesis of the ResearchTeam, this book provides for the first time a detailed exploration andanalysis of Mark's conflation of Matthew and Luke on the Two-GospelHypothesis. As such, it is a substantial and noteworthy contribution tothe on-going discussion of the Synoptic Problem. Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr.Associate Dean and Professor of New Testament, Tyndale SeminaryManaging Editor, International Q Project (Robert A.Derrenbacker Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr.)"Even since William Farmer revived the Griesbach hypothesis of the interrelationship of the Synoptic Gospels, one important question has remained unanswered. If Mark was the third Gospel to be written, utilizing Matthew and Luke, how is one to explain in detail the compositional and redactional processes that resulted in a Gospel like this? In One Gospel From Two, the authors make a major contribution to the study of the Synoptic Problem by patiently expounding Mark's Gospel, pericope by pericope, as the product of a careful conflation of Matthew and Luke. Whether or not they are successful in overturning the consensus view of Markan Priority, the authors have provided an important service to New Testament scholarship in laying out their case with such clarity and care."Mark Goodacre, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Dept of Theology, University of Birmingham, U.K. (Mark Goodacre)“One Gospel From Two presents our most detailed explanation of the evidence that Mark was conflated from Mathew and Luke.” -The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 6/04 (Harry T. FleddermannCatholic Biblical Quarterly)