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There are some interesting articles discussing the place of the Gospel of Luke in relation to John and the other gospels: Acts 4:19-20—An Overlooked First-Century Clue to Johannine Authorship and Luke’s Dependence upon the Johannine Tradition and The John, Jesus, and History Project-New Glimpses of Jesus and a Bi-Optic Hypothesis I would prefer to take … Continue reading “More on Luke Being the Last”
Further thoughts from earlier post on rival gospel traditions. . . . . It is easy to overlook that the gospels of John and Luke say that the Jews themselves, not Roman soldiers, crucified Jesus with Pilate’s permission. This is as is narrated in the Gospel of Peter and elsewhere, as per the above post. … Continue reading “Gospel of Luke, reconciler of the Herod and Pilate gospel narratives?”
Imagine for a moment that the author of the Luke knew the gospel of John. Some scholars have argued on the basis of close textual comparisons that the Gospel of Luke was written after, and used, the Gospel of John. (e.g. Matson, Shellard, et al) A few others also believe our canonical Luke was written … Continue reading “Luke’s dialogue with John on the first resurrection appearance?”
Edited with additional notes on compatibility with other models of gospel origins 3 hours after the original posting. Previous posts in this series The Making of a Mythicist, Act 1, Scene 1 (Thomas Brodie’s Odyssey) Making of a Mythicist, Act 1, Scene 2 Making of a Mythicist, Act 2, Scene 1 (Brodie’s Odyssey) Continuing . … Continue reading “Making of a Mythicist, Act 2, Scene 2 (The Verdict Falls)”
Almost as fundamental to the Christian narrative as the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is surely the calling, election and sending forth of the twelve disciples to preach the gospel. But of all the evangelists to which our canonical gospels have been attributed, only one unequivocally delivers this message. Only the author (or … Continue reading “The Twelve Apostles had to be a very late invention, surely”
The three rejects — Paul Paul in his letter to the Galatians equates the namesakes of the three leading apostles in Mark (Cephas/Peter?, James and John) as holding an unimpressive rank in his eyes (Gal. 2:6), and who became the leaders of the hypocrites at Antioch (Gal. 2:13), and were thus cursed teachers of “another … Continue reading “Tracing the evolution of the Twelve Apostles from monkey rejects to angelic pillars.”
Following is an attempt to explain the mixed messages given the role of Peter in the post-resurrection narratives of the canonical gospels. It argues that Peter first met the resurrected Jesus, as per 1 Corinthians 15:5, some time after the writing of the gospels of Mark and Matthew but just prior to Luke’s gospel — … Continue reading “When did Peter first see the resurrected Jesus?”
5. The Twelve The role of named individuals in the formulation and transmission of traditions of Jesus’ words and deeds largely disappeared from the normal awareness of New Testament scholars as a result of the form-critical movement in Gospels scholarship in the early twentieth century. (p.93) Bauckham continues with Birger Gerhardsson’s dismissive tone of critics … Continue reading “Bauckham’s Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Chapter 5a”