The Synoptic Problem Home Page A comprehensive and quite scholarly survey of all dimensions of the Synoptic Problem. Includes diagrams of all of the leading solutions to the problem suggested by scholars over the years. Also includes external testimony concerning the authorship of the Synoptics from ancient church fathers and a very comprehensive bibliography. (
http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/synopt/
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Maintained by Mahlon Smith of Rutgers University, this Web site is designed for college students who are studying the synoptic problem for the first time. It contains many of the same features as the Synoptic Problem Home Page, but, it does not provide the original Greek for the source materials it quotes as the above site does. (
http://virtualreligion.net/primer/
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A Web site maintained by a team of scholars devoted to the Two Gospel Hypothesis (formerly known as the Griesbach Hypothesis). Includes an analysis of the synoptic gospels in the original Greek in a manner illustrating the hypothesis. Also includes numerous articles by William Farmer, one of the foremost proponents of the Griesbach Hypothesis. (
http://www.colby.edu/rel/2gh/
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This site, maintained by Mark Goodacre, presents the intriguing thesis, known as the Farrer Theory, that Q is an unnecessary element in understanding Synoptic Gospel relationships. (
http://www.bham.ac.uk/theology/q/
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In this simple site, Bryan Wilson proposes that similarities between the three Synoptic Gospels are the result of their common use of a single set of Greek notes on the teachings of Jesus in Aramaic. (
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/brenda.wilson99/
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This is a section of the wonderful PBS Frontline Web site for the special From Jesus to Christ. This section of the Web site provides a brief introduction to the literary processes that resulted in our four Gospels. (
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/
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