PrefaceIntroduction: What is at Stake by Advocating or Disputing the Two Source Theory? (Heike Omerzu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)I History and Theory1. Conceptual Stakes in the Synoptic Problem - John S. Kloppenborg,University of Toronto, Canada2. Sad Sources; Observations from the History of Theology on the Origins and Contours of the Synaptic Problem - Stefan Alkier, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany3. Were the Gospel Authors Really 'Simple Christians Without Literacy Gift (Albert Schweitzer)? Arguments for the Quest for Sources behind the Gospels - Mogens Muller, University of Copenhagen, Denmark4. Q and the Logia: On the Discovery of and Marginalizing of P. Oxy.1 - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UK5. Francis Watson, Q and "L/M" - Christopher M. Tuckett, University of Oxford, UK6. Seven Theses on the Synoptic Problem, in Disagreement with Christopher Tuckett - Francis Watson, University of Durham, UKII Textual Studies7. Mark With and Against Q: The Earliest Gospel Narrative as a Counter Model - Eve Marie Becker, Aarhus University, Denmark8. Refusing to Acknowledge the Immerser (Q 7.31-35) - Clare K. Rothschild 9. Coherence and Distinctness – Exploring the Social Matrix of the Double Tradition - Hildegard Scherer, University of Bonn, Germany. 10. Taking Our Leave of Mark - Q Overlaps: Major Agreements and the Farrer Theory - Mark Goodacre Duke's University, USA11. The Gospel of Luke as Narratological Improvement of Synoptic Pretexts: The Narrative Introduction to the Jesus Story (Mark 1.1- parr) - Werner Kahl, Academy of Mission at the University of Hamburg 12. Does Dating Luke- Acts into the Second Century Affect the Q Hypothesis? - Shelley Matthews, Furman University, USA13. Marcion's Gospel and the Synoptic Problem in Recent Scholarship - Dieter T. Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Germany

The volume is highly recommended to anyone involved with synoptic studies, offering a good range of methodological positions and arguments advanced in this important area by New Testament specialists today.

Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.