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The '''Two-Source Hypothesis''' is the most commonly accepted solution to the
synoptic problem among biblical scholars, which posits that there are two sources to
Gospel of Matthew and
Gospel of Luke: the
Gospel of Mark and a lost, hypothetical sayings collection called
Q.
The Two-Source Hypothesis was first articulated in
1838 by
Christian Hermann Weisse, but it did not gain wide acceptance among German critics until
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann endorsed it in
1863. Prior to Holtzmann, most Catholic scholars held to the
Augustinian hypothesis (Matthew → Mark → Luke) and Protestant biblical critics favored the
Griesbach hypothesis (Matthew → Luke → Mark).
The Two-Source Hypothesis crossed the channel into England in the
1880s primarily due to the efforts of
William Sanday, but it was
Burnett Hillman Streeter who definitively expressed the case in
1924.
The
Griesbach hypothesis continues to be the main challenger to the Two-Source Hypothesis in America, primarily due to the efforts of William R. Farmer (
1965), but in England its most influential opponents favor the
Farrer hypothesis (Mark → Matthew → Luke).
