A response to Richard Bauckham and Heike Omerzu

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Watson, Francis. (2014). A response to Richard Bauckham and Heike Omerzu. Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 37(2), pp. 210 - 218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X14557605
AuthorsWatson, Francis
Abstract

My two reviewers choose to focus on the central section of my book and to pass over its wider argument, which is an attempt to rehabilitate the canonical form of the fourfold gospel as an object of study in its own right. Both reviewers are understandably preoccupied with my critique of the Q hypothesis and with the ‘L/M’ and ‘SC’ hypotheses with which I propose to replace it, and much of my response is therefore concerned with these issues. I also engage with Bauckham’s attempt to distance non-canonical gospel texts from the canonical ones, and with Omerzu’s proposed ‘complexity theory’ of gospel origins.

KeywordsCanon; gospel; Q
Year2014
JournalJournal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal citation37 (2), pp. 210 - 218
PublisherSage Publications Ltd.
ISSN0142-064X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X14557605
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84914095466
Page range210 - 218
Research GroupInstitute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
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Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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