medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dennis Martin wrote:
>
> Papias (early 2nd c., but transmitted indirectly via Irenaeus and
> Eusebius, if I recall correctly)) and Clement of Alexandria (late 2nd
> c./ early 3rd) refer to Matthaean priority, if memory serve me
> correctly. The Markan priority (with an earlier "sayings"
> collection) hypothesis came to dominate in the mid-to-late 19thc and
> is based on internal evidence, setting aside the external evidence of
> the early centuries. The vast majority who hold the Markan priority
> believe, of course, that they have good reason to set aside the
> external evidence of Papias and Clement.
Don't knock internal evidence: it was how the Early Fathers assigned
authorship to the Gospels in the first place :-)
John Briggs
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