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3 unusual facts about Source hypothesis


Source hypothesis

Two-source hypothesis, for the Synoptic Gospels of the Greek New Testament

Four-document hypothesis, for the Synoptic Gospels of the Greek New Testament

Three-source hypothesis, for the Synoptic Gospels of the Greek New Testament


Criterion of multiple attestation

Under the two-source hypothesis, both the authors of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke used the Gospel of Mark in their writings; therefore, triple-tradition material represents only a single source, Mark.

Wilke hypothesis

Wilke's contemporary Weisse at the same time independently argued for Marcan priority but for Matthew and Luke independently using Mark and another source Q—the two-source hypothesis.


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