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Case for the Core New Testament
Overview01Introduction02Foundational Terminology03The Development of the New Testament Canon04The Synoptic Problem05The Case for Lukan Priority06Critiquing Arguments for Markan Priority07Assessing the Other Canonical Gospels08Luke-Acts and Paul as Foundational Authorities09The Kerygma: The Core Gospel Message10Classifying the New Testament Authorities11Scholarship and Deconstruction12Conclusion
Lukan Priority
OverviewProto-Luke and Lukan PriorityLukan Priority and the Jerusalem SchoolThe Hebrew Gospel and LukeValidation of Special Luke: SemitismsStatistical Validation of Lukan PriorityProgressive Embellishment, Luke→Mark→MatthewRefutation of The Farrer Hypothesis
Issues with Mark
OverviewMark the “Re-Write Man”Mark’s Rewriting of Jesus’ Last WeekEmbellishments of MarkList of Markan Stereotypes and Pick-upsMark Borrows From Luke-ActsCountering Arguments for Markan PriorityThe Spurious Emergence of Markan PriorityDeficiencies of MarkLuke over Mark PassagesThe Various Endings of MarkAuthorship and Dating of Mark
Issues with Matthew
OverviewMatthean Revision to MarkThe Sermon on the Mount : The Matthean Jesus Is Not the Historical JesusThe Many Embellishments of MatthewProphecy Conflations and Misquotes of MatthewDevised Literary Structure of MatthewMatthew is a Liturgical DocumentEvidence for Matthean PosterioritySurvey of Matthean Posteriority ScholarshipMatthean Inconsistencies with LukeMatthew is a Judaizing DocumentMatthean Revisionism: Women, Non-Jews, and WealthThe Origin, Authorship, and Community of MatthewMatthew 28:19Critical Scholarship of Matthew
Issues with John
OverviewJohn vs the SynopticsProgressive Embellishment of JohnLuke→John, Johannine Dependence on LukeEmbellishments of JohnContradictions of JohnDevised Literary Structure of JohnMisunderstanding of JohnJohn and PhilosophyDislocations of JohnAuthorship of JohnDating of JohnDating of John P52 ErrorIssues with Dating John Before 100 ADContested Status of JohnOrigen’s Commentary on JohnJustin Martyr Favored Luke over JohnCritical Scholarship of John
Luke Primacy
OverviewThe Prologue of LukePaul Attests to Luke-Acts PrimacyHistorical Reliability of Luke-ActsAnswering Luke-Acts ObjectionsOther Considerations for Luke Primacy
Other Issues
OverviewIssues with RevelationModern Critical Text FAQsAnswering Skeptics on Paul and ActsThe New Testament was written in Greek

About

Dustin R. Smith, PhD

Editor of the CNT, CFCNT, and AICNT

Dustin R. Smith

Dustin R. Smith, PhD, is a New Testament scholar and Research Manager at Spartanburg Methodist College, and the editor of The Core New Testament (CNT), The Case for the Core New Testament (CFCNT), and the AI Critical New Testament (AICNT).

He is the author or editor of nine books, including A Systematic Theology of the Early Church, Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John, The Son of God: Three Views of the Identity of Jesus, and Paradoxical Conquering in the Apocalypse of John. Dr. Smith has taught Biblical Greek for over a decade at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and has served on the editorial boards of two scholarly journals.