History of the Synoptic Tradition

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Summary: Seminal work in form criticism of the Synoptic Gospels
Review: This translation of Bultmann's concise and erudite work in the form-critical method of understanding the composition of the Synoptic Gospels is not for the beginner. Like Bultmann, the translator leaves the Greek untranslated. While a boon for serious scholars, this will make it difficult for those unfamiliar with the Greek of the Gospels. However as a complete work it remains unsurpassed in the school of form-critical method, but this also demonstrates the work's age, since source criticism has drawn the attention of scholars in recent decades. It is, however, a work that cannot be ignored; Bultmann's reputation as a scholar and theologian of the finest quality is permanent, and this book is an excellent illustration of why that is.