Thomas Birks’ 1852 book, Horæ Evangelicæ, encourages us to seriously consider much earlier dates for the Gospels than is presently popular. In Birks’ day, liberal German theologians (e.g., David Strauss) were characterizing the Gospels—”not as real histories, but as a collection of early legends that had their origin in ideal…
In this article, we explore yet another instance where assumptions concerning the publication dates of the Gospels impact one's understanding of the meaning of the Gospels. Here, the parable of the wicked tenants is said by several scholars to be properly understood as teaching that the "others" who would assume…