Re: Q and Papias

• To: Larry Swain <lswain@billings.lib.mt.us>
• Subject: Re: Q and Papias
• From: David Coomler <davidco@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
• Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 09:13:14 -0700 (PDT)
• Cc: David Coomler <davidco@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>, Carl W Conrad <cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu>, STEVE SCHAPER <STEVE.SCHAPER@1-100-435-0.cheswicks.toadnet.org>, b-greek@virginia.edu
• In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9410290819.A26618-0100000@rs6a.wln.com>

On Sat, 29 Oct 1994, Larry Swain wrote:

> On the other hand if you take 
> those glasses off and posit another theory, such as Farmer-Griesbach, 
> then it becomes Mark who has "improved" Matthew. 

That does not seem likely in view of the crudity of Mark's language and
the implications of some of his terms--one has to explain why Mark would
choose less elegant and in some cases more embarassing language; but it makes
sense if one views it as Matthew's "upgrading" of Mark.

David

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