The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition
This book offers a new explanation of the development of the first three Gospels based on a careful examination of both patristic testimony to the “Hebrew Gospel” and internal evidence in the canonical Gospels themselves. James Edwards breaks new ground and challenges assumptions that have long been held in the New Testament guild but actually lack solid evidence.
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The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition
This book offers a new explanation of the development of the first three Gospels based on a careful examination of both patristic testimony to the “Hebrew Gospel” and internal evidence in the canonical Gospels themselves. James Edwards breaks new ground and challenges assumptions that have long been held in the New Testament guild but actually lack solid evidence.
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The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition

The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition

by James R. Edwards
The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition

The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition

by James R. Edwards

Overview

This book offers a new explanation of the development of the first three Gospels based on a careful examination of both patristic testimony to the “Hebrew Gospel” and internal evidence in the canonical Gospels themselves. James Edwards breaks new ground and challenges assumptions that have long been held in the New Testament guild but actually lack solid evidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802862341
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/16/2009
Pages: 394
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

James R. Edwards is the Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University, where he taught for nearly two decades. His book Is Jesus the Only Savior? won the 2006 Christianity Today Book of the Year award in apologetics. His other books include The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition, In the Beginning: A Commentary on Genesis and Its Reception in the New Testament, and commentaries on the gospels of Mark and Luke. 

Table of Contents

Preface XI

Abbreviations XIV

Introduction xviii

Genesis of a Thesis xviii

A Panorama of Modern Research on the Hebrew Gospel xxiii

1 References to a "Hebrew Gospel" in Early Christianity 1

Papias 2

Irenaeus 10

Pantaenus 12

Clement of Alexandria 12

Hegesippus 15

Hippolytus 16

Origen 17

Eusebius 18

Ephrem the Syrian 23

Didymus of Alexandria 23

Epiphanius 26

John Chrysostom 28

Jerome 28

Theodoret of Cyrrhus 38

Marius Mercator 38

Philip Sidetes 39

Venerable Bede 40

Scholia in Codex Sinaiticus 40

Islamic Hadith 42

Summary 43

2 Quotations from the Hebrew Gospel in Early Christianity 44

Ignatius 45

Origen 55

Eusebius 62

Epiphanius 65

Jerome 76

3 Taking Stock of the Hebrew Gospel in Early Christianity 97

1 The Hebrew Gospel Was Widespread and Widely Known in Early Christianity 102

2 The Hebrew Gospel Was Endowed with Unusual Authority in Early Christianity 105

3 The Hebrew Gospel Is Not a Compilation of the Synoptic Gospels, but Repeatedly and Distinctly Similar to Luke 107

4 The Hebrew Gospel Was Most Plausibly a Source of the Gospel of Luke 112

5 The Relation of the Hebrew Gospel to Other "Jewish Christian Gospels" 118

4 Semitisms in the Gospel of Luke 125

Luke's Semitic Vocabulary 126

The Nature of Semitisms 127

Semitisms Characteristic of the Gospel of Luke 131

Summary of Evidence 141

Luke's Prologue 148

5 The Hebrew Gospel 154

The Task 155

The Septuagint Hypothesis 156

The Aramaic Hypothesis 162

The Use of Hebrew and Aramaic among Jews in First-Century Palestine 166

The Probability of a Christian Text like the Hebrew Gospel being Written in Hebrew 174

Luke's Use of a Hebrew Source 182

6 TheNeglect of the Hebrew Gospel in Christian Tradition 187

Why Is There No Extant Copy of Hebrew Matthew? 189

Resistance to a Hebrew Ancestor in the Family 194

7 Adieu to "Q" 209

The Challenge 211

The Genesis of "Q" 212

Is There a Precedent for "Q" in Early Christianity? 224

"Q" and Luke 233

Adieu to "Q" 240

8 The Hebrew Gospel and the Gospel of Matthew 243

Matthean Posteriority 245

The Authorship of Canonical Matthew 252

Epilouge: Summary Theses 259

Appendix I References to the Hebrew Gospel in the First Nine Centuries 263

Appendix II Semitisms in the Gospel of Luke 292

Appendix III Luke 6:5 (D) 333

Selected Bibliography 336

Index of Modern Authors 342

Index of Subjects 346

Index of Scripture References 348

Index of Other Ancient Writings 356

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