This collection of classic monographs on the Synoptic problem presents seminal works from eminent scholars that were instrumental in shaping the field of Synoptic scholarship. These foundational texts address major issues in Synoptic scholarship, such as the mixture of shared and unique material in each Synoptic account, and what this reveals about the date, composition, and interrelatedness of the Synoptics. Henry Owen’s innovative Observations on the Four Gospels presents the first formulation of the extremely influential two-Gospel hypothesis. In Horae Synopticae, John C. Hawkins presents an overview of scholarship on the Synoptic problem for an orientation to its status at the beginning of the twentieth century. Abbott and Rushbrooke provide a harmony of the Synoptics, with the important “Triple Tradition” common to all three Synoptics in bold. Abbott’s The Corrections of Mark Adopted by Matthew and Luke presents clues to the solution of the Synoptic problem from supposed Hebrew...

In this very informative volume, John C. Hawkins takes up the modest, but extremely valuable, task of compiling and distilling the research on the Synoptic problem so that students of the Gospels can have a proper orientation to the subject. Rather than attempt to put forth a new theory of the Synoptic problem or confirm previous attempts at a solution, this text offers an essential introduction to this complex and profoundly important question in New Testament studies.