RELIGION 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Austin Farrer, Marcan Priority, Farrer Hypothesis
22 Sep 2016
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Class 8: the synoptic problem iii: double tradition and q: review. Marcan priority: an element in the two-source theory and the farrer theory. Marcan posteriority = griesbach theory: luke used matthew, mark used both. Most scholars see marcan priority as preferable. Arguments in favour include: additions and omissions; harder readings; dates of the gospels; editorial fatigue: double tradition. Two major explanations in the contemporary literature: (1) if matthew and luke used mark independently of one another, then they must have had another source for the double tradition material. This hypothetical source is called q (german quelle means source) Mark and q are the two sources that make up the two-source theory. (2) luke used matthew for this material. On this theory there is no need for q luke simply takes over the double tradition material directly from matthew. Named the farrer theory, after austin farrer, an oxford theologian who wrote on. Dispensing with q in 1955: arguments for q.
