Marcion’s Gospel: Relevance, Contested Issues, and Reconstruction

In recent years a renewed interest in Marcion’s Gospel has highlighted not only the importance of this text, but also the issues that remain debated in scholarly discussion. This article discusses the relevance of Marcion’s Gospel for understanding the state, use, and collection of the canonical Gos...

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Published in:Expository times 2010-03, Vol.121 (6), p.287-294
Main Author: Roth, Dieter T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In recent years a renewed interest in Marcion’s Gospel has highlighted not only the importance of this text, but also the issues that remain debated in scholarly discussion. This article discusses the relevance of Marcion’s Gospel for understanding the state, use, and collection of the canonical Gospels in the second century; contested issues in the study of this text; and both the necessity of providing a new reconstruction of Marcion’s Gospel and methodological considerations when attempting to do so.
ISSN:0014-5246
1745-5308
DOI:10.1177/0014524609357511