there are fundamental differences between the biographical writings of the Graeco-Roman world and the gospels. III. DESTINATION AND PLACE OF ORIGIN There are various suggestions regarding the precise location of the readers of this gospel, although the available data are wholly insufficient to produce certainty. One suggestion is a Palestinian Jewish environment. The Jewish flavouring of the gospel would seem to support this view. But not all would agree that what might be true of the author is
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