Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze

By Mark Goodacre

A lively, readable and up-to-date guide to the Synoptic Problem, ideal for undergraduate students. Arguably the greatest literary enigma in history, the Synoptic Problem has fascinated generations of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567080560
• ISBN13: 9780567080561
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Glorious!

Take a dry subject and make it enchanting! Mark Goodacre has a talent that ought to be enjoyed by a wider audience. (Check out his podcasts and blog.) I enjoyed his arguments and find myself almost agreeing when I got the book specifically because I was diametrically opposed to his view!

Accessible but doubtful

This book was admittedly expensive for its small size. However, the author provides a good introduction to the Synoptic Problem, allowing a person who is not familiar with the related scholarship to have a good grasp of the topic. However, the content and arguments are biased towards one particular theory. As a student of philosophy, I personally find some of the reasoning of the author in favor of his position to be highly suspectible and weak. Nevertheless, I benefited from reading this book, though I am sure there are better and more strongly argued scholarship on this topic