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Rejection at Nazareth in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Lukeāand Tatian
Crawford, Matthew R.
Crawford, Matthew R.
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While Jesusā rejection in his hometown is common to all three synoptic accounts, the placement of this episode differs. Mark and Matthew narrate his rejection at the synagogue of Nazareth only after a period of successful ministry elsewhere. Luke collapses the Markan timeline by relocating the scene in the synagogue in Nazareth to the initial preaching tour through Galilee, and he also recounts an unsuccessful attempt to cast Jesus from the cliff outside the town. This trajectory of rewriting can be extended to include the Diatessaron of Tatian, where the first half of the Lukan pericope is left in the preaching tour through Galilee, while the second half is postponed until later in the narrative. In his redaction of prior sources, Tatianās editorial work is comparable to that of Matthew and Luke. His work was regarded by its primary users as the Gospel, and not just as a āgospel harmonyā.
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Diatessaron, Tatian, Luke, redaction, gospel harmony, Mark, Matthew
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2018
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Book chapter
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Connecting Gospels : Beyond the canonical/non-canonical divide
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97-124
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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