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Mark S. Goodacre

Mark S. Goodacre

Professor in the Department of Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708-0964
Gray Bldg / Box 90964, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0964
Office hours Please email goodacre@duke.edu or call 919-660-3503.  

Featured Works

Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics

Book · 2012 Featured Work The Gospel of Thomas is the noncanonical Gospel par excellence, the "fifth Gospel" that promises scholars new sayings of Jesus and the hope of new insight into Christian origins. But scholars remain divided over whether or not Thomas represents an early, i ... Link to item Cite

The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze

Book · June 15, 2004 Featured Work Possibly the greatest literary enigma in history, the Synoptic Problem has fascinated generations of scholars who have puzzled over the agreements, the disagreements, the variations and the peculiarities of the relationship between the first three of our c ... Open Access Cite

The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem

Book · 2002 Featured Work For over a century Gospel scholarship has accepted a hypothetical document called Q as one of the major sources of the Synoptic Gospels. In recent times, it has even been transformed from a sayings source to a Gospel in its own right. But, says Mark Goodac ... Link to item Cite

Goulder and the Gospels: An Examination of a New Paradigm

Book · December 1, 1996 Featured Work Goulder and the Gospels is the first comprehensive response to the radical challenge Michael Goulder has posed for New Testament scholarship. Goulder dispenses with all hypothetical sources-Q, M and L and postulates highly creative evangelists who write in ... Link to item Cite