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\"\"<\/a>\"\"My review of Dennis R. MacDonald\u2019s book Two Shipwrecked Gospels: The Logoi of Jesus and Papias\u2019s Exposition of Logia About the Lord<\/a>\"\"<\/em> has been published by Review of Biblical Literature<\/em><\/a> and can be read online<\/a>. Here is how the review begins \u2013 hopefully that will inspire readers of this blog to click through<\/a> and read the rest!<\/p>\n

Works that bring about a sea change through their radically innovative approach to a scholarly question are rare. Whether Dennis MacDonald\u2019s Two Shipwrecked Gospels<\/em> will prove to be such a book cannot be said until after its arguments have been fully explored, discussed, analyzed, and evaluated by the scholarly community. But the volume has the potential to mark a turning point in the study of the Synoptic Problem, and I write this review hopeful that the potential importance of the volume will not overlooked and that its proposals will get the attention that they deserve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My review of Dennis R. MacDonald\u2019s book Two Shipwrecked Gospels: The Logoi of Jesus and Papias\u2019s Exposition of Logia About the Lord has been published by Review of Biblical Literature and can be read online. 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