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Stein examines the literary relationships of the Synoptic Gospels, the preliterary history of the oral traditions of Jesus, and the canonization of the gospel traditions. This text is an essential resource for teachers and students, providing a succinct, lucid, and comprehensive introduction to the most complex problems of interpreting the gospels.

Figure 8 We have already discussed the fact that Matthew and Luke never agree against Mark in order. By itself this does not “prove” the priority of Mark, but along with the plausible reasons why Matthew and Luke would have changed the Markan order and the lack of such plausible explanations for Markan changes to the order of Matthew and/or Luke, this argument is quite convincing. If we assume a Markan priority, then this lack

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