James R. Edwards is the Bruner-Welch Endowed Professor of Theology at Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington.
Markus Bockmuehl
-- University of Oxford
"This landmark study, a decade in the making, advances a bold and
fresh interpretation of Gospel origins that seems sure to generate
interest, debate, and controversy for some time to come. Against
the established 'Two Source' (Mark and 'Q') and the increasingly
popular 'Farrer-Goulder' (Mark-Matthew-Luke) hypotheses, Edwards
revives an older scholarly fascination with the mysterious 'Hebrew
Gospel' that was held in high regard by many church fathers and
attributed to Matthew the apostle. Drawing on patient study of
patristic quotations and on Semitisms in the Gospel of Luke,
Edwards proposes that the Third Evangelist used a single Gospel
document in Hebrew both for his special material and for his
overall narrative outline (together with Mark and a much more
compact 'double tradition' also known to the later canonical
Matthew). This is an important and exciting work that offers
students an excellent introduction to early Christian views of the
Gospel tradition -- and it gives Synoptic scholars much to chew
on!" Loren T. Stuckenbruck
-- Princeton Theological Seminary
"For a long time, scholarship on the Synoptic Gospels has
stalemated around well-worn questions. James Edwards's fascinating
and well-researched study opens up an angle that needs to be heard
today. This book is a real contribution that will be studied and
discussed for years to come!"
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