Mike Duncan argues that the Farrer Hypothesis is the best working
solution to the Synoptic Problem in New Testament studies by way of
rhetorical theory, as he sees the Synoptic Problem as less about
source and textual criticism and more as a writing problem that
concerns how and why they were composed The book's six chapters
feature case studies of different aspects of gospel rhetoric, such
as how the different post-resurrection accounts interact with each
other and how the apostles are portrayed from gospel to gospel.
These chapters form a collective argument-that the synoptic gospels
are competing rhetorical narratives about Jesus, with the authors
of Luke and Matthew reacting to previous gospels with the goal of
superseding the previously composed versions of Jesus's life.
However, Duncan acknowledges that the Farrer Hypothesis has special
difficulties and cannot be pushed beyond an educated guess, that
the Synoptic Problem remains an unsolvable problem due to a lack of
evidence and lost original context, and that it is only a
philosophical acceptance of the inaccessibility of a solution that
paradoxically allows a frank and unsentimental view of the
alternatives.
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