Mark Goodacre is Associate Professor in New Testament, Department of Religion, Duke University.
.".a hypothesis well worth considering and well worth developing.
Goddacre's sketch of how it might be developed provides a welcome
and refreshing contribution to the discussion of the Synoptic
Problem and Lukan editorial procedures." John S. Kloppenborg,
Review of Biblical Literature, Oct. 2002--Sanford Lakoff
"Although some may question his conclusions, the fact remains that
Goodacre's work offers a fresh breath to Synoptic studies. His
application of narrative critical methodologies and his interaction
with modern cinematic views of Jesus provide an ample amount of
interesting material to engage. While including some technical
language, his book is still fairly easy to read and his arguments
are logically presented. This book would offer great material for a
seminar on Q and the Synoptic Problem, While serious students of
the Synoptic Gospels will find this book both challenging and
useful." Leo Percer, Review of Biblical Literature, Oct.
2002--Sanford Lakoff
"Goodacre has an impressive knack for exposing weaknesses in what
so many have supposed are good arguments. Those who do not believe
in Q will find him a mighty ally in their unbelief. Those of us who
remain in the Q camp will have to meet his worthy challenge and
wrestle with his fresh and instructive observations on the synoptic
problem." Dale C. Allison, Jr. Errett M. Grable Professor of New
Testament and Early Christianity--Sanford Lakoff
"If his agument should be sustained, Q would become unnecessary and
decades of Gospel research will have to be re-thought The Case
Against Q provides the most accessible and compelling defense to
date of the theory of Gospel origins championed by James Ropes,
Austin Farrer, and Michael Goulder."--Sanford Lakoff
"This is an urgently needed book in New Testament studies
Goodacre's sharply argued book dismantles the shopworn case for Q
and challenges us to think freshly about synoptic relationships
Every intellectually serious teacher of the New testament must
grapple with this book."--Sanford Lakoff
"Those who do not believe in Q will find Goodacre a mighty ally in
their unbelief. Those of us who remain in the Q camp will have to
meet his worthy challenge and wrestle with his fresh and
instructive observations on the synoptic problem."--Sanford
Lakoff
The positing of Q as a source for Matthew and Luke is founded on
the twin suppositions of Markan priority and the independence of
Matthew and Luke. In this lucid and carefully argued exploration of
the Synoptic Problem, Goodacre argues that Markan priority is
reasonable and well-founded, and that a good case can be made for
Luke's direct dependence on Matthew. If his argument should be
sustained, Q would become unnecessary and decades of Gospel
research will have to be re-thought. But whether or not Goodacre is
ultimately correct, The Case Against Q provides the most accessible
and compelling defense to date of the theory of Gospel origins
championed by James Ropes, Austin Farrer and Michael Goulder. John
S. Kloppenborg, Claremont Graduate University and The University of
Toronto
This is an urgently needed book in New Testament studies. The Q
hypothesis dominates the field partly because of intellectual
inertia and partly because it serves the ideological interests of
critics who desire a Jesus without a narrative, without a cross.
Reminding us that Q is a hypothesis, not an extant ancient
document, Goodacre s sharply-argued book dismantles the shopworn
case for Q and challenges us to think freshly about synoptic
relationships. His alternative deserves serious consideration:
Markan priority, combined with Luke s use of Matthew as a source
alongside Mark. Goodacre s chapter on narrative criticism and the
Sermon on the Mount is especially illuminating. Every
intellectually serious teacher of the New Testament must grapple
with this book. Richard B. Hays The George Washington Ivey
Professor of New Testament The Divinity School, Duke
University--Richard B. Hays
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