Education
University of Oxford.
(For over a century Gospel scholarship has accepted a hypo...)
For over a century Gospel scholarship has accepted a hypothetical document called Q as one of the major sources of the Synoptic Gospels. In recent times, it has even been transformed from a sayings source to a Gospel in its own right. But, says Mark Goodacre in The Case Against Q, the majority acceptance of Q cannot function as an argument for its existence. From time to time dissenting voices have spoken against such widespread acceptance of Q as a Gospel. Scholars have pointed out, for instance, that Luke's knowledge of Matthew and Mark would enable one to dispense with Q. Yet, such voices often have gone unheeded due to the lack of a clear, balanced, and scholarly treatment of the case against Q. So, in The Case Against Q Goodacre offers a careful and detailed critique of the Q hypothesis, examining the most important arguments of Q's proponents. He then offers new arguments and fresh reflections reaffirming Markan Priority as the key to successful Synoptic scholarship. With this book, Goodacre provides a more plausible picture of Synoptic relationships than has previously been available, as he reconstructs Synoptic interrelationships and Christian origins. Mark Goodacre is Lecturer in New Testament in the Department of Theology at the University of Birmingham (England) and the author of The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze.
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theologian university professor
University of Oxford.
He has written extensively on the Synoptic Problem. That is, the origins of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Goodacre earned his Master of Arts, The Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and was Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham until 2005.
He has also been a consultant for numerous television and radio shows related to the New Testament, such as the 2001 British Broadcasting Corporation series Son of God and the 2013 mini-series The Bible.
(For over a century Gospel scholarship has accepted a hypo...)
He has defended the Farrer hypothesis, and thus accepts Markan priority but rejects Q.