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The Griesbach hypothesis is a solution to the synoptic problem which gives priority to the Gospel of Matthew. The synoptic problem concerns the literary relationship between and among the first three canonical gospels (the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke), known as the synoptic gospels. ...
The Gospel of Matthew (literally: according to Matthew, Greek: kata Maththaion) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ...
It is given in the work «A Demonstration that the Whole Gospel of Mark is Excerpted from the Narratives of Matthew & Luke» (1789) by the German scholar Johann Jakob Griesbach (January 4, 1745 - March 24, 1812). He sees the Gospel of Matthew as the first gospel and source of the other two, and his theory is therefore a theory of dependence, making the order Matthew, Luke, and Mark (making Mark dependent on both). In proposing so he supported the Matthean priority as we also know it from Augustinian hypothesis. Griesbach tried to meet the challenge given by Mark, and sees it mostly as a digest and a conflation that gives an account of the material where Matthew and Luke agree. It is somewhat strange as Mark omits the common tradition of Matthew and Luke (Q document). For Griesbach's life and work, including the full text of the above work in Latin and in English translation, cf. Bernard Orchard and Thomas R. W. Longstaff (ed.), J. J. Griesbach: Synoptic and Text-Critical Studies 1776-1976, Volume 34 in SNTS Monograph Series (Cambridge University Press, hardback 1978, paperback 2005 ISBN 0521020557). 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Jakob Griesbach (January 4, 1745 - March 24, 1812), German biblical critic, was born at Butzbach, a small town in the state of Hesse, where his father, Konrad Kaspar (1705-1777), was pastor. ...
The Gospel of Luke is the third of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ...
The Gospel of Mark is traditionally the second of the New Testament Gospels. ...
The Augustinian hypothesis holds that Matthew was written first, then Mark, then Luke, and each Evangelist depended on those who preceded him. ...
The Q document or Q (Q for German Quelle, source) is a postulated lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke. ...
"Proof" from «Minor Agreements»
The main support for the thesis Griesbach finds in passages where Matthew and Luke agree over against Mark (e.g. Matt. 26:68; Luke 22:64; Mark 14:65), the so-called «Minor Agreements». Is agreement on these minor passages a mere coincidence or a proof of Lukean dependence on Matthew?
Status of the hypothesis Today this hypothesis is followed by an elect few (W. R. Farmer 1964, B. Orchard 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, and D. L. Dungan), but the many problems it poses makes it a less credible hypothesis than the more common Two-source hypothesis supported by the majority of scholars. The Two-Source Hypothesis is the most commonly accepted solution to the synoptic problem among biblical scholars, which posits that there are two sources to Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke: the Gospel of Mark and a lost, hypothetical sayings collection called Q. The Two-Source Hypothesis was first...
See also The Synoptic Gospels is a term used by modern New Testament scholars for the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, and Luke of the New Testament in the Bible. ...
The Farrer theory is a possible solution to the synoptic problem. ...
External links - A Web Site for the Two Gospel Hypothesis
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