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Unlike literature in the modern western world, ancient documents were typically crafted for the ear rather than the eye. This investigation of the structure of "1 John's Prologue" analyzes the oral patterning and resulting soundscape reflected in this key New Testament passage.

The Q-Hypothesis has functioned as a mainstay of study of the synoptic gospels for many years. Increasingly it comes under fire. In this volume leading proponents of Q, as well as of the case against Q, offer the latest arguments based on the latest research into this literary conundrum. The contributors to the volume include John Kloppenborg, Christopher Tuckett, Clare Rothschild, Mark Goodacre, and Francis Watson. The Q-Hypothesis is examined in depth and the discussion moves back and forth over Q''s strengths and weaknesses. As such the volume sheds light on how the gospels were composed, and how we can view them in their final literary forms.

A combination of two classic discussions in New Testament scholarship, the contributions in this volume shed light on the still unsolved synoptic problem by using the well-coined concept of rewriting to describe the relationship between the synoptic gospels. The contributions work with the hypothesis that the synoptic tradition can be conceived of as a process of rewriting: Matthew rewrote Mark and Luke rewrote Mark and Matthew. This approach to the synoptic problem dismantles the grounds for the otherwise widely accepted two-source theory. If it can be shown that Luke knew Matthew''s Gospel the Q-hypothesis is superfluous. One group of articles focuses on the general question of Luke''s literary relation to the other gospels. In these essays, the concept of rewriting describes Luke''s use of his sources. The second part of the collection examines a number of texts in order to shown how Luke rewrites specific passages. In the final section the contributions concern Luke''s relation to Roman authorities. It is shown that Luke''s literary creativity is not limited to his predecessors in the gospel tradition. Rewriting is his literary strategy.

The Q hypothesis has functioned as a mainstay of study of the synoptic gospels for many years. Increasingly it comes under fire. In this volume leading proponents of Q, as well as of the case against Q, offer the latest arguments based on the latest research into this literary conundrum. The contributors to the volume include John Kloppenborg, Christopher Tuckett, Clare Rothschild, Mark Goodacre, and Francis Watson. The Q hypothesis is examined in depth and the discussion moves back and forth over Q''s strengths and weaknesses. As such the volume sheds light on how the gospels were composed, and how we can view them in their final literary forms.