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THE
Synoptic
Gospels

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With an Introduction
by Scot McKnight

John Riches, William R. Telford and Christopher M. Tuckett

Part I originally published by Sheffield Academic Press 1996 as John Riches, Matthew (New Testament Guides, 1)

Part II originally published by Sheffield Academic Press 1995 as William R. Telford, Mark (New Testament Guides, 2)

Part III originally published by Sheffield Academic Press 1996 as Christopher M. Tuckett, Luke (New Testament Guides, 3)

New Testament Guides General Editor A.T. Lincoln

Copy right © 2001 Sheffield Academic Press

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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ISBN 1–84127–210–8

Contents

Abbreviations

An Invitation to the Synoptic Gospels
Scot McKnight

Part I

Matthew
John Riches

Further Reading on Matthew

1. Leading Questions in Matthaean Scholarship

2. What Sort of a Book?

3. Matthew’s World

4. Matthew’s Christology

5. Conclusion

Part II

Mark
William R. Telford

Commentaries on Mark

1. Introduction

2. Mark as History: The Gospel as a Historical Document

3. Mark as Literature: The Gospel as a Literary Composition

4. Mark as Theology: The Gospel as a Religious Text

5. Conclusion

Part III

Luke
Christopher M. Tuckett

Commentaries and General Works on Luke’s Gospel

1. Introduction

2. Eschatology

3. Jews, Gentiles and Judaism

4. The Person and Work of Jesus

5. Luke and the Christian Life: Poverty and Possessions

6. Concluding Hermeneutical Reflections

Index of References

Index of Authors

Abbreviations

AB

Anchor Bible

ABD

David Noel Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992)

ABRL

Anchor Bible Reference Library

ANRW

Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds.), Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung (Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1972–)

BBB

Bonner biblische Beiträge

BETL

Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium

Bib

Biblica

BNTC

Black’s New Testament Commentaries

BibRes

Biblical Research

BTB

Biblical Theology Bulletin

BZ

Biblische Zeitschrift

BZNW

Beihefte zur ZNW

CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CBQMS

Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Monograph Series

CGTC

Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

DBI

R.J. Collins, J.L. Houlden (eds.), The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (London: SCM Press; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990).

EKKNT

Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

EvT

Evangelische Theologie

ExpTim

Expository Times

HNT

Handbuch zum Neuen Testament

HTKNT

Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

HTR

Harvard Theological Review

ICC

International Critical Commentary

IDB

George Arthur Buttrick (ed.), The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (4 vols.; Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962)

IDBSup

IDB, Supplementary Volume

Int

Interpretation

JAAR

Journal of the American Academy of ...

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About The Synoptic Gospels

In this volume, Scot McKnight writes an introduction to the Synoptic Gospels as a whole, illuminating their distinctive historical and theological features and their importance within the New Testament canon. Afterwards, three New Testament scholars offer study guides for the Synoptic Gospels; Christopher M. Tuckett writes on Luke, W. R. Telford on Mark, and John Riches on Matthew. Highly readable, this volume is recommended to the New Testament student, as well as anyone interested in the background and content of the Synoptic Gospels.

Christopher Tuckett is Professor in New Testament in the University of Oxford.

William R. Telford is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies (Christian Origins and the New Testament) at the University of Newcastle, England.

John K. Riches is Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism Emeritus, University of Glasgow.

Scot McKnight (Ph.D. University of Nottingham) is Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of numerous books on the New Testament, including the bestselling The Jesus Creed.

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