In one section, of the book, on interpreting the Text, Craddock suggests this:
The Evangelists preserved and interpreted sayings and events from the ministry of Jesus. In addition, it is generally, though not unanimously, agreed that Matthew and Luke used Mark’s narrative as a basic source for their own. One’s investigation of a test in Matthew, therefore, may reveal that Matthew is interpreting for his church a passage from Mark which is a record of a saying of Jesus (Craddock, Preaching, 119).
Maybe… just maybe… I have detected some Barthianism in his writing… so maybe some Austin Farrer – or at least, he is a wise enough man to realize just how BUNK Q is.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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