Mark Goodacre. The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2025.I noted the publication of the book here.It has long been asserted within modern biblical scholarship that the author of the Gospel of John did not use the Synoptic Gospels when writing their story of the life of Jesus. This has become so ingrained in contemporary thought that when one talks about the canonical Gospels, they are nearly always categorized as two separate entities: the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John. But in The Fourth Synoptic Gospel, Mark Goodacre challenges this perspective and attempts to demonstrate that the author of the fourth gospel was not only aware of the Synoptic Gospels but also used them in the writing of their gospel text.
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