Markan priority

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Markan priority is the scholarly hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was the first written of the Synoptic Gospels and served as a primary source for Matthew and Luke.

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Label Occurrences
Markan priority canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Synoptic problem solution
hypothesis
source criticism hypothesis
addresses Synoptic Problem
surface form: Synoptic problem
appliesTo Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
associatedWith B. H. Streeter
Christian Hermann Weisse
Ferdinand Christian Baur
surface form: F. C. Baur

Heinrich Holtzmann
William Sanday
basedOn literary dependence
order of pericopes
patterns of agreement and disagreement between Synoptic Gospels
redaction criticism
verbal agreements among Synoptic Gospels
contrastsWith Lukan priority
Matthean priority
coreClaim Gospel of Mark
surface form: The Gospel of Mark is a primary written source for the Gospels of Matthew and Luke

Gospel of Mark
surface form: The Gospel of Mark was written before the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
field Christian theology
New Testament scholarship
surface form: New Testament studies

biblical studies
focusesOn Synoptic Gospels
hasOpponents Augustinian hypothesis
Farrer hypothesis
Griesbach hypothesis
historicalDevelopment Became dominant view in 20th-century New Testament scholarship
Formulated in the 19th century
implies Luke used Mark as a written source
Mark preserves earlier narrative forms than Matthew and Luke in many passages
Matthew used Mark as a written source
influences historical Jesus research
modern Gospel introductions
synoptic comparison methodologies
isCompatibleWith Q hypothesis
isComponentOf Two-source hypothesis
language English term
relatedConcept Marcan priority
status dominant scholarly position on the literary relationship of the Synoptic Gospels
subjectOf debates in biblical scholarship
monographs on the Synoptic problem
supportedBy majority of contemporary New Testament scholars
supportedByObservation Mark is the shortest Synoptic Gospel
Material in Mark is largely contained in Matthew and Luke
Matthean priority
surface form: Matthew and Luke rarely agree against Mark in wording and order

More primitive or difficult readings often appear in Mark compared to parallels in Matthew and Luke
usedIn redaction-critical analysis of Luke
redaction-critical analysis of Matthew

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Synoptic Problem hasKeyConcept Markan priority
Farrer hypothesis uses Markan priority
Griesbach hypothesis relatedConcept Markan priority