Subject: Re: Gk GTh Hidden and Revealed Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 02:16:51 -0400 From: "Stephen C. Carlson" To: crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com At 04:01 PM 10/1/98 -0400, Stevan Davies wrote: >So this is not evidence of Th dependence on Lk. It is in fact >evidence that the original saying, however phrased, was in future >tense, and that Luke accepted that, and that Mark may have >revised his original into present tense (Or whatever the hell name >his tense has....??) and that it is not at all unreasonable to think >that his original was Thomas 5. Luke's reversion to future tense >coincidentally also reverted the saying back toward it's Thomasine >original future tense version. What use is Markan priority, if every time Thomas happens to agree with Luke against Mark becomes proof that Luke is more original than his literary source? Stephen Carlson -- Stephen C. Carlson mailto:scarlson@mindspring.com Synoptic Problem Home Page http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/synopt/ "Poetry speaks of aspirations, and songs chant the words." Shujing 2.35