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13 Cards in this Set
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What is Matthean priority?
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The belief that Matthew was the first Gospel written
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Who held to this view?
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The early church up to the time of the enlightenment
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What order did Augustine believe the Gospels were written?
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1. Matthew
2. Mark 3. Luke |
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What order did Griesbach believe the Gospels were written?
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1. Matthew
2. Luke 3. Mark 4. John |
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Who brought this view back to life in the 1980's?
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W. R. Farmer
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What was used to write Matthew?
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1. Eyewitness sources
2. Personal notations |
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What was used to write Luke?
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1. Matthew
2. Other eyewitness oral traditions |
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What was used to write Mark?
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1. Matthew
2. Luke 3. The input of Peter |
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What are the strengths of Matthean Priority?
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1. Don't need Q, M, or L documents which are hypothetical with little or no historical support
2. Has unanimous support of early church 3. Matthew is most quoted by early church 4. Eusebius says that two gospels with genealogies were written first 5. This theory fits what we know about history and the prominence of the gospels well. |
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What are the shortcomings of Matthean Priority?
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Assumes that there is a literary relationship among the gospels
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What book did Orchard and Longstaff write?
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"Evidence of Conflation in Mark"
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What does the term "Conflation" mean?
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Copying
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What is the argument Orchard and Longstaff are making?
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1. Mark copied from one until the lines overlap and then copy from the other.
2. An attempt to get the meat from both 3. This book supports the literary relationship and the Matthean priority |
