Mogens Müller is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.Heike Omerzu is Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• PrefaceIntroduction: What is at Stake by Advocating or Disputing the Two Source Theory? (Heike Omerzu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)I History and Theory1. Conceptual Stakes in the Synoptic Problem - John S. Kloppenborg,University of Toronto, Canada2. Sad Sources; Observations from the History of Theology on the Origins and Contours of the Synaptic Problem - Stefan Alkier, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany3. Were the Gospel Authors Really 'Simple Christians Without Literacy Gift (Albert Schweitzer)? Arguments for the Quest for Sources behind the Gospels - Mogens Muller, University of Copenhagen, Denmark4. Q and the Logia: On the Discovery of and Marginalizing of P. Oxy.1 - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UK5. Francis Watson, Q and "L/M" - Christopher M. Tuckett, University of Oxford, UK6. Seven Theses on the Synoptic Problem, in Disagreement with Christopher Tuckett - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UKII Textual Studies7. Mark With and Against Q: The Earliest Gospel Narrative as a Counter Model - Eve Marie Becker, Aarhus University, Denmark8. Refusing to Acknowledge the Immerser (Q 7.31-35) - Clare K. Rothschild 9. Coherence and Distinctness – Exploring the Social Matrix of the Double Tradition - Hildegard Scherer, University of Bonn, Germany. 10. Taking Our Leave of Mark - Q Overlaps: Major Agreements and the Farrer Theory - Mark GoodacreDuke's University, USA11. The Gospel of Luke as Narratological Improvement of Synoptic Pretexts: The Narrative Introduction to the Jesus Story (Mark 1.1- parr) - Werner Kahl, Academy of Mission at the University of Hamburg 12. Does Dating Luke- Acts into the Second Century Affect the Q Hypothesis? - Shelley Matthews, Furman University, USA13. Marcion's Gospel and the Synoptic Problem in Recent Scholarship - Dieter T. Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Germany

The volume is highly recommended to anyone involved with synoptic studies, offering a good range of methodological positions and arguments advanced in this important area by New Testament specialists today.

Mogens Müller is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.Heike Omerzu is Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• PrefaceIntroduction: What is at Stake by Advocating or Disputing the Two Source Theory? (Heike Omerzu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)I History and Theory1. Conceptual Stakes in the Synoptic Problem - John S. Kloppenborg,University of Toronto, Canada2. Sad Sources; Observations from the History of Theology on the Origins and Contours of the Synaptic Problem - Stefan Alkier, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany3. Were the Gospel Authors Really 'Simple Christians Without Literacy Gift (Albert Schweitzer)? Arguments for the Quest for Sources behind the Gospels - Mogens Muller, University of Copenhagen, Denmark4. Q and the Logia: On the Discovery of and Marginalizing of P. Oxy.1 - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UK5. Francis Watson, Q and "L/M" - Christopher M. Tuckett, University of Oxford, UK6. Seven Theses on the Synoptic Problem, in Disagreement with Christopher Tuckett - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UKII Textual Studies7. Mark With and Against Q: The Earliest Gospel Narrative as a Counter Model - Eve Marie Becker, Aarhus University, Denmark8. Refusing to Acknowledge the Immerser (Q 7.31-35) - Clare K. Rothschild 9. Coherence and Distinctness – Exploring the Social Matrix of the Double Tradition - Hildegard Scherer, University of Bonn, Germany. 10. Taking Our Leave of Mark - Q Overlaps: Major Agreements and the Farrer Theory - Mark GoodacreDuke's University, USA11. The Gospel of Luke as Narratological Improvement of Synoptic Pretexts: The Narrative Introduction to the Jesus Story (Mark 1.1- parr) - Werner Kahl, Academy of Mission at the University of Hamburg 12. Does Dating Luke- Acts into the Second Century Affect the Q Hypothesis? - Shelley Matthews, Furman University, USA13. Marcion's Gospel and the Synoptic Problem in Recent Scholarship - Dieter T. Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Germany

The volume is highly recommended to anyone involved with synoptic studies, offering a good range of methodological positions and arguments advanced in this important area by New Testament specialists today.

Mogens Müller is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.Heike Omerzu is Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• PrefaceIntroduction: What is at Stake by Advocating or Disputing the Two Source Theory? (Heike Omerzu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)I History and Theory1. Conceptual Stakes in the Synoptic Problem - John S. Kloppenborg,University of Toronto, Canada2. Sad Sources; Observations from the History of Theology on the Origins and Contours of the Synaptic Problem - Stefan Alkier, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany3. Were the Gospel Authors Really 'Simple Christians Without Literacy Gift (Albert Schweitzer)? Arguments for the Quest for Sources behind the Gospels - Mogens Muller, University of Copenhagen, Denmark4. Q and the Logia: On the Discovery of and Marginalizing of P. Oxy.1 - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UK5. Francis Watson, Q and "L/M" - Christopher M. Tuckett, University of Oxford, UK6. Seven Theses on the Synoptic Problem, in Disagreement with Christopher Tuckett - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UKII Textual Studies7. Mark With and Against Q: The Earliest Gospel Narrative as a Counter Model - Eve Marie Becker, Aarhus University, Denmark8. Refusing to Acknowledge the Immerser (Q 7.31-35) - Clare K. Rothschild 9. Coherence and Distinctness – Exploring the Social Matrix of the Double Tradition - Hildegard Scherer, University of Bonn, Germany. 10. Taking Our Leave of Mark - Q Overlaps: Major Agreements and the Farrer Theory - Mark GoodacreDuke's University, USA11. The Gospel of Luke as Narratological Improvement of Synoptic Pretexts: The Narrative Introduction to the Jesus Story (Mark 1.1- parr) - Werner Kahl, Academy of Mission at the University of Hamburg 12. Does Dating Luke- Acts into the Second Century Affect the Q Hypothesis? - Shelley Matthews, Furman University, USA13. Marcion's Gospel and the Synoptic Problem in Recent Scholarship - Dieter T. Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Germany

The volume is highly recommended to anyone involved with synoptic studies, offering a good range of methodological positions and arguments advanced in this important area by New Testament specialists today.