Noted evangelical scholars present the best contemporary insights into the three dominant views on the origins of the Synoptic Gospels.

A lively, readable and up-to-date guide to the Synoptic Problem, ideal for undergraduate students, and the general reader.

Tradition and authorship - Self-witness of Matthew - Question of order and independence - Language - Apostolic transmission of the Gospel - Apostolic tradition: the message - The modern debate concerning ultimate origin - Self-revelation of Jesus Christ.

This major work promises to move scholarship forward as the first approach to systematically look at the synoptic problem by employing textual criticism.

The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

A brief yet essential introduction to the New Testament that chronicles the real people-- and historical and literary movements--that created it.

Presents a logical assault upon the Synoptic Problem which develops into a general treatment of the major issues in New Testament history. This book offers an integrated case for early dates and traditional authorship of the three Synoptic Gospels and Acts in opposition to the redundant hypothesis of Q.

An analysis of the Synoptic Gospels, the first three books of the New Testament, which share many similarities in content and structure. The author explores the theories surrounding the origins of these texts, and argues for a particular solution to the 'Synoptic Problem'.