Synoptic Gospels

Serious scholars use these three methods to understand the gospels in terms of the raw material put into them.

Form Criticism
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Source Criticism
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Redaction Criticism (Composition Criticism)
Changes made between and among Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Insofar as textual edits are made from one source or another regardless of form criticism, or source criticism understood and accepted.

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Two source hypothesis: Matthew and Luke both used Mark and another source, Q, in writing their gospels.