Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Study in the Order and Interrelation of the Synoptic Gospels. By John Chapman. Edited by John M. T. Barton. London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1937, 312 pp. Last month I was privileged to acquire a copy of John Chapman’s significant work on the order and…
How do assumptions regarding the publication date of Matthew’s Gospel and Matthean priority affect our interpretation of the book? Previously, we looked at how J. Oliver Buswell’s belief that Matthew was published after Paul’s writings impacted his identification of the elect in the Olivet Discourse. Today, we consider the identity…
To launch us into the new year, I offer an “Epistle to the Reader,” by Edmund Calamy. Calamy was a Presbyterian minister before, during, and after the turbulent years of the English Civil Wars. For a period, he was a chaplain to Charles II, but was subsequently ejected from the…