Thursday, June 23, 2016

Introduction, Part 2

C. The Genre of Gospel
Read: Raymond E. Brown, Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1997), 99-107).

D. The Synoptic Problem
Read: Frans Neirynck, "Synoptic Problem," in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary: 587-595.
You can also download (or read online here) the book of Professor Mark Goodacre.
File 1: The Synoptic Problem (pdf)
File 2: Priority of Mark (pdf)
File 3: The Q Source

*Excursus:
A short note on Biblical Exegesis, pls. click here (handout given in class)


N.B. For good introduction to the methods of interpreting the New Testament:

Raymond E. Brown, "How to Read the New Testament," in An Introduction to the New Testament (NY: Doubleday, 1997),  20-29.

OR

H. Conzelmann and A. Lindemann, Interpreting the New Testament: an introduction to the principles and methods of New Testament Exegesis (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,1988). Arnoldus Call number: BS 2330.2 C6613 1988 (on Reserve).

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