RELIGION 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Synoptic Gospels, Mark Goodacre, Two-Gospel Hypothesis
22 Sep 2016
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Rel 155: the new testament: 15 september 2016. There are four gospels but three of them are called synoptics because they can be viewed together (syn-optic) in a synopsis, a book that sets out the synoptic gospels in parallel columns. And having passed on from there, jesus saw a man seated in the tax-office, named matthew, and he says to him, follow me. " and having arisen, he followed him. Levi son of alphaeus seated in the tax-office, and he says to him, follow me. " and having arisen, he followed him. And he saw a tax-collector named levi seated in the tax-office, and he said to him, follow me. " and having left everything and having arisen, he followed him. The synoptic gospels often have a parallel order of events and they often have very similar wording. There is a major contrast here with john.
