This study provides a general overview of current research on the three Synoptic Gospels — Matthew, Mark and Luke. It begins by tracing important trends in the general area of Synoptic studies before focusing on the individual Gospels themselves. The survey of these texts identifies the significant themes and issues that have dominated the study of the Synoptic Gospels, and it mentions the key scholars involved in the particular debates. An extensive bibliography at the end of the study is provided to assist those who wish to read further.
R. Bauckham, `For Whom WereGospels Written?', in R. Bauckham (ed.), The Gospels For All Christians: Rethinking the Gospel Audiences (Edinburgh: T&T Clark , 1998).
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M. Bockmuehl and D. A. Hagner (eds.), The Written Gospel (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 ).
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R. Burridge, What Are The Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography ( Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2nd edn 2004).
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M. Goodacre, The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze (The Biblical SeminarSheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).
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M. Goodacre, The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International , 2002).
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M. Goodacre and N. Perrin (eds.), Questioning Q (London: SPCK, 2004).
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E.W. Klink, `The Gospel Community Debate: State of the Question', Currents in Biblical Research3 ( 2004), 60—85.
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C.M. Marsh and S. Moyise, Jesus and the Gospels (T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies ; London: T&T Clark International , 2nd edn 2006).
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M.A. Powell, Fortress Introduction to the Gospels (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1998).
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J.G. Crossley, The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 266; London: T&T Clark International, 2004).
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J.R. Donahue and D.J. Harrington , The Gospel of Mark (Sacra Pagina 2;Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002).
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D.J. Harrington, What Are They Saying About Mark? (New York: Paulist Press, 2004).
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B. Incigneri, The Gospel to the Romans: The Setting and Rhetoric of Mark's Gospel (Biblical Interpretation Series;Leiden: Brill, 2003).
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A.-J. Levine (ed.) with M. Blickenstaff, A Feminist Companion to Mark (Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings 2; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).
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J. Marcus, Mark 1—8: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible 27;New York: Doubleday , 1999).
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J. Marcus, `Mark — Interpreter of Paul', New Testament Studies46 (2000), 473—87.
J. Painter, Mark's Gospel: Worlds in Conflict (London: Routledge, 1997).
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H.N. Roskam, The Purpose of the Gospel of Mark in its Historical and Social Context (Supplements to Novum Testamentum 114;Leiden: Brill, 2004).
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J. Svartvik, Mark and Mission: Mark 7:1—23 in its Narrative and Historical Contexts (Coniectanea Biblica New Testament Series 32; Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 2000).
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W.R. Telford, The Theology of the Gospel of Mark (New Testament Theology;Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
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D. E. Aune (ed.), The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of W. G. Thompson ( Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001 ).
W. Carter, Matthew and Empire: Initial Explorations (Harrisburg, PA : Trinity Press International, 2001 ).
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A.O. Ewherido, Matthew's Gospel and Judaism in the Late First Century CE: The Evidence from Matthew's Chapter on Parables (Matthew 13:1—52) (Studies in Biblical Literature 91; New York: Peter Lang , 2006).
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P. Foster, Community, Law and Mission in Matthew's Gospel (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/177;Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004).
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A.M. Gale, Redefining Ancient Borders: The Jewish Scribal Framework of Matthew's Gospel (London: T&T Clark International, 2005).
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A.-J. Levine (ed.) with M. Blickenstaff, A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).
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U. Luz, The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew (New Testament Theology;Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
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B. Repschinski, The Controversy Stories in the Gospel of Matthew: Their Redaction, Form and Relevance for the Relationship Between the Matthean Community and Formative Judaism (Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 189;Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000).
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J. Riches, W.R. Telford and C.M. Tuckett, with an Introduction by S. McKnight, The Synoptic Gospels ( Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).
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J. Riches, Conflicting Mythologies: Identity Formation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew (Studies of the New Testament and Its World;Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 2000).
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J. Riches and D. C Sim (eds.), The Gospel of Matthew in its Roman Imperial Context (Early Christianity in Context; London: T&T Clark International, 2005).
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D. Senior, What Are They Saying About Matthew? (New York: Paulist Press, 2nd edn 1996).
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D.C. Sim, The Gospel of Matthew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community (Studies of the New Testament and Its World;Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998).
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G.N. Stanton, A Gospel for a New People: Studies in Matthew ( Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1992).
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J.B. Green, The Theology of the Gospel of Luke (New Testament Theology;Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
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A.-J. Levine (ed.) with M. Blickenstaff, A Feminist Companion to Luke (Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).
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D.S. McComiskey, Lukan Theology in the Light of the Gospel's Literary Structure (Paternoster Biblical Monographs;Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2004).
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D. Marguerat, The First Christian Historian: Writing the `Acts of the Apostles' (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121;Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002 ).
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M.A. Powell, What Are They Saying About Luke? (New York: Paulist Press, 1989).
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R.C. Tannehill, The Narrative Unity of Luke—Acts: A Literary Interpretation (2 vols; Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1986, 1990).
