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numinus · Mar 26, 2008

Dr.Who said: ↑

Alternatively, the explanation could be that Mark and Matthew saw the same things at the same time and knew each other enough to influence what they wrote.

When two people see the same thing we would expect that they would describe the same thing. When they both quote Jesus we would expect that the quotes would be the same. I would expect similarity in content.

However if the two letters were the result of a third letter Q then I would expect there to be more than similarity in content. I would expect there to be large areas of the same text.

If there is such a thing as a Q document I propose that it is more likely that it went down like this:

Mark and Matthew decided to write down the events that they saw. They talked to each other about it. One of them had written notes about what their rabbi said during his life; a collection of his quotes. This would be the Q document. They both then wrote their biographies of Jesus and they both referred to the Q to make sure that they got the quotes right.

This explains the "synoptic problem" (which is really no problem) while not introducing the unsupported idea that the books were plaguirizations or later fictional creations.

There are many theories -- most of them involve the hypothetical q. Your suggestion is implausible without q.

Dr.Who · Mar 26, 2008

numinus said: ↑

There are many theories -- most of them involve the hypothetical q. Your suggestion is implausible without q.

You are free to think that.

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