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...

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This volume offers a harmony of the Synoptic Gospels in columns of aligned text. A unique contribution of this work is the bold text in each of the Synoptic accounts that delineates what is known as the “Common” or “Triple Tradition” in Synoptic scholarship. This tradition, the authors argue, predates any of the Gospels and is the closest thing to the original account of Jesus of Nazareth. Abbott and Rushbrooke present this harmony after providing the reader with an extensive introduction to the Synoptic problem.