Assignment #1: The Triple Tradition

1. Read each section of Throckmorton #52. Underline in different colors:

Mark alone

Matthew alone

Luke alone

Choose one color to underline the sections where all three texts agree.

2. Where are the areas of agreement and disagreement? Do any of the disagreements change the story in significant ways?

3. What precedes and follows this story in each gospel? Are they the same or different?

4. What tentative hypotheses can you venture? What questions do you want to have answered?

Write a 1-2 page typed paper summarizing your work in #2-4.