Book contents
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: We Are All Gospel Readers
- Introduction
- Part I Reading the Gospel in Israel’s Scriptures
- Part II Gospel Writers as Gospel Readers
- 4 Why Not Matthew’s Use of Luke?
- 5 Luke Rewriting Matthew?
- 6 Reading Mark and Writing John
- 7 On Historical Epochê in Gospel Reading as Exemplified by John and the Egerton Papyrus
- Part III Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
4 - Why Not Matthew’s Use of Luke?
from Part II - Gospel Writers as Gospel Readers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2022
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword: We Are All Gospel Readers
- Introduction
- Part I Reading the Gospel in Israel’s Scriptures
- Part II Gospel Writers as Gospel Readers
- 4 Why Not Matthew’s Use of Luke?
- 5 Luke Rewriting Matthew?
- 6 Reading Mark and Writing John
- 7 On Historical Epochê in Gospel Reading as Exemplified by John and the Egerton Papyrus
- Part III Gospel Reading as Ecclesial Tradition
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
Summary
A recent resurgence in support for Matthean Posteriority (Alan Garrow; Rob Macewen) builds on the secure footing of Marcan Priority alongside growing skepticism about Q. Could it be that advocates of what Francis Watson calls the “L/M Theory” have the direction of dependence wrong, and that Matthew knew Luke? The case for Matthean Posteriority refreshes the discussion of the Synoptic Problem by providing a new and interesting challenge, but the case for seeing Luke as a reading of Matthew rather than Matthew as a reading of Luke remains strong: (a) Matthew’s redactional fingerprints repeatedly appear in material he shares with Luke; (b) Luke often shows “fatigue” in his versions of double-tradition material; (c) Luke betrays knowledge of Matthean literary structures; and (d) Matthew fails to include congenial Lucan details on politics, personnel, and geographical context.
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