Gospel Interpretation and the Q-Hypothesis

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.