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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.

prophetic utterances of early Christian prophets as giving rise to various sayings of Jesus, it is more likely that it was the remembered sayings of Jesus that gave rise to the inspired utterances of the early Christian prophets.48 In light of the above, it would appear that while most scholars agree that the needs of the church played an important role in preserving and shaping the gospel traditions, one should be cautious in claiming that the needs of the church “gave rise” to such material. A
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