Jacob A. Rodriguez investigates which gospels tended to keep company with one another in early Christian reading practices. Engaging a variety of second-century gospel combinations, he identifies a center of gravity in early gospel reading consisting of the Synoptics and John.
Chapter 1: The Gospel according to Thomas: Combining Gospels through Interpretive Rewriting
Chapter 2: The Epistula Apostolorum: Combining Gospels through Interpretive Rewriting
Chapter 3: Orchestrating the Gospel: Tatian's Diatessaron as a Gospel Combination
Chapter 4: Second-Order Discourse on Gospel Authors and Their Texts, Part 1: GMark to Justin Martyr
Chapter 5: Second-Order Discourse on Gospel Authors and Their Texts, Part 2: Irenaeus, Clement, Heretics, and Celsus
Chapter 6: Gospel Combinations in Early Christian Artifacts: Gregory Aland 0171 and P4+P64+67
Chapter 7: Gospel Combinations in Early Christian Artifacts: P45 and P75