William R. Farmer
William Reuben Farmer (* 1921 , † 31 December 2000 in Dallas , Texas) was an American New Testament scholar.
Farmer studied at the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York (with Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich among others ) and was ordained as a clergyman in the United Methodist Church , but converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1990 . He was a professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas , Texas , and conducted research at the University of Dallas.
Farmer's specialty was the synoptic problem , i.e. the question of the connection between the Gospel of Matthew , the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke . He denied the classic two-source theory and saw the assumption that the Gospel of Mark is the oldest of the three Gospels and served as a template for the other two, as determined by the anti-Catholic interests in the Kulturkampf . Instead, he advocated a “ two-gospel theory ”, according to which the Gospel of Matthew was the oldest of the gospels, still in the early Jerusalem church .
Fonts (selection)
As an author:
- The Last Twelve Verses of Mark , Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 2005 (first edition 1974)
- The Synoptic Problem: A Critical Analysis , Macmillan: London 1964. - New edition: Mercer University Press: Macon (GA), 1976, ISBN 0-915948-02-8 .
- The Gospel of Jesus: The Pastoral Relevance of the Synoptic Problem , John Knox Press: Louisville (Kentucky) 1994, ISBN 0-664-25514-0 .
As editor:
- New Synoptic Studies: The Cambridge Gospel Conference and Beyond , Mercer University Press: Macon (GA) 1983.
- together with Henning Graf Reventlow : Biblical Studies and the Shifting of Paradigms, 1850-1914 , Sheffield 1995, ISBN 1-85075-532-9 .
- Anti-Judaism and the Gospels , Trinity Press Intl: Harrisburg (PA) 1999, ISBN 1563382709
Individual evidence
- ^ Allan James McNicol: Beyond the Q Impasse: Luke's Use of Matthew: a demonstration by the research team of the International Institute for Gospel Studies , Trinity Press International, 1996, ISBN 1-56338-270-9 .
- ↑ See William R. Farmer: Bismarck and the four gospels, 1870-1914 . In: THE FOUR GOSPELS. FRANS NEIRYNCK FESTIVAL. 1992
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farmer, William R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farmer, William Reuben (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American New Testament scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2000 |
| Place of death | Dallas , Texas |