was taken up by Goulder (1984) in a paper which has since become a classic. Goulder’s ingenious suggestion that Luke, having worked forwards through Matthew’s scroll, then physically worked backwards from Mt 23:39 to Mt 16, has impressed some but is respectfully criticised in detail by Derrenbacker (2002) (cf. also Wenham (1992, 50f.) and our own comments in Chapter 2 n.7). Other writers such as Green (1984), responding to Q.2.2.1, have made credible attempts to show how Luke redacted Matthew as