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Gospel Synopses and Harmonies

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Gospel Harmonies and Synopses

        Abbott, Edwin Abbott, and W. G. Rushbrooke. The Common Tradition of the Synoptic Gospels in the Text of the Revised Version. London: Macmillan, 1985.   LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837020123 (microfiche).

        Aland, Kurt. Synopsis of the Four Gospels Completely Revised on the Basis of the Greek Text of the Nestle-Aland 26th Edition and Greek New Testament 3rd Edition : The Text is the Second Edition of the Revised Standard Version. New York: United Bible Societies, 1982.      LC Number: 83133178 ; LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0826705006 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Burton, Ernest de Witt, and Edgar Johnson Goodspeed. A Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels in Greek. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1920. Based on the Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament.

        n.a. A Harmony of the Four Gospels Arranged in Chronological Order. Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1869.

        Clark, George W. A New Harmony of the Four Gospels in English According to the Common Version. Rev. ed. with corrections from the Revised Version of 1881. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1900.     LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0524056617 (microfiche).

        Clark, Samuel. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New with Annotations and Parallel Scriptures : To Which is Annex'd the Harmony of the Gospels : As Also, the Reduction of the Jewish Weights, Coins and Measures, to Our English Standards : And a Table of the Promises in Scripture. London: Printed by J. Rawlins for Richard Chiswell and Jonathan Robinson.. and Brabazon Aylmer.., 1690.

        Costa, Isaäc da, and David D. Scott. The Four Witnesses Being a Harmony of the Gospels on a New Principle. London: James Nisbet, 1989. LC Call Number: BS2555 ; ISBN: 0790516454 (microfiche).

        Ferrar, Nicholas. The Actions & Doctrine & Other Passages Touching Our Lord & Sauior Iesus Christ as They Are Related by the Foure Euangelists, Reduced Into One Complete Body of Historie, Wherein That w[Hi]Ch is Seuerally Related by Them is Digested Into Order.. to w[Hi]Ch Are Added Sundry Pictures Expressing Either the Facts Themselues or Their Types & Figures or Other Matters Appertaining Thereunto. [England: s.n.], 1989.

        Funk, Robert Walter. New Gospel Parallels: Volume One, The Synoptic Gospels.  Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.   LC Number: 84048727 //r914 ; LC Call Number: BS2560; ISBN: 0800621042 (v. 1).

        Funk, Robert Walter. New Gospel Parallels: Volume Two, John and the Other Gospels. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.       LC Number: 84048727 //r86 ; LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0800621042 (v. 2) ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Funk, Robert Walter. New Gospel Parallels. Rev. ed. Foundations & Facets. Sonoma, Calif.: Polebridge Press, 1990.       LC Number: 90044934 ; LC Call Number: BS2650 ; ISBN: 0944344127 (v. I.2) ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Funk, Robert Walter. New Gospel Parallels. 3d ed. Foundations & Facets. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge Press, 1995. ISBN: 0944344135.

        Godbey, W. B. Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek. Cincinnati, Ohio: M.W. Knapp, 1900.      LC Call Number: BS2095 ; ISBN: 0837018196 (microfiche).

        Greenleaf, Simon. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice with an Account of the Trial of Jesus. 2d ed. London: A. Maxwell, 1847.      LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837017556 (microfiche).

        Horton, Mary B. A Brief Exposition of Gospel Differences Given According to the Divine Law of Progressive Instruction. Rev. ed. New York: Mary B. Horton, 1985.    LC Call Number: BS2555 ; ISBN: 083703664X (microfiche).

        Huck, Albert, and Ross L. Finney. Huck's Synopsis of the First Three Gospels. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1907.      LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837018609 (microfiche).

        Huck, Albert, and Heinrich Greeven. Synopse der drei ersten Evangelien mit Beigabexz der johanneischen Parallelstellen. 13th rev. ed. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1981.

        Jefferson, Thomas, Richard Francis Weymouth, and Henry E. Jackson. The Thomas Jefferson Bible Undiscovered Teachings of Jesus. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. LC Number: 23013672 ; LC Call Number: BS2549.J4.

        Kerr, John H. A Harmony of the Gospels in the Words of the American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible and Outline of the Life of Christ. 3d ed. New York: American Tract Society, 1903. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0524080690 (microfiche).

        Kloppenborg, John S. Q Parallels Synopsis, Critical Notes & Concordance. Sonoma, Calif.: Polebridge Press, 1988. LC Number: 87062921 ; LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0944344003 ; Dewey Number: 179/.7.

        McClellan, John Brown. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ a New Translation, on the Basis of the Authorized Version, from a Critically Revised Greek Text, Newly Arranged in Paragraphs, with Analyses, Copious References and Illustrations from Original Authorities, New Chronological and Analytical Harmony of the Four Gospels, Notes and Dissertations : A Contribution to Christian Evidence. London: Macmillan, 1875. LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0790582902 (microfiche).

        Mimpriss, Robert, and Edward Greswell. A Harmony of the Four Evangelists in the Words of the Authorized Version According to Greswell's Harmonia Evangelica.... London: Macintosh, 1800. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0524052069 (microfiche).

        Morton, Joseph W. A New Harmony of the Four Gospel Narratives of the Closing Earthly Labors of Jesus, the Messiah and of the Events Connected with His Arrest, Trial, Condemnation, Crucifixion, Burial and Resurrection. Chicago: J. W. Morton, 1985. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837044987 (microfiche).

        Mumford, Thomas M. Horizontal Harmony of the Four Gospels in Parallel Columns (King James Version). Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Co., 1982. LC Number: 83116111 ; LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0877479429 (pbk.) ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Orchard, Bernard. A Synopsis of the Four Gospels, in a New Translation. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1982. LC Number: 81018753 //r83 ; ISBN: 0865540241 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Parmly, Eleazar. The Babe of Bethelehem from the Cradle to the Cross, from His Conception on Earth to His Coronation in Heaven : Being a Chronological Classification of Subjects of Gospel History : With a Copious Index. New York: Thomas Holman, 1985. LC Call Number: BT299 ; ISBN: 083704670X.

        Pentecost, J. Dwight. A Harmony of the Words and Works of Jesus Christ from the New International Version. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981.  LC Call Number: BS2560.P29; ISBN cloth: 0-310-30950-6; paper: 0-310-30951-4

        Pitt, T. H. The Combined Gospels, or, a Chronological Arrangement of the Apostolic Writings, Wherein the Fullest Text is Retained and Repetition Avoided, the Sequence of Events Being That Given by Dr. Farrar in His "Life of Christ" Together with Notes--Biblical, Geographical, and Commentary by Farrar, Stanley, &c. Maidstone: W.S. Vivish, 1889.

        Platt, Isaac L. A Comparative View of the Gospels with an Introduction Intended to Further Aid Their Illustration : The Law of Nature, of Society, and of God, Including the Innate Principles of Preservation, Propagation, and Perpetuation Considered : Together with the Doctrine of Election, Predestination and the Trinity : To Which is Added an Appendix as Further Illustrative of the General Subject. New York: Thomas Holman, 1985. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837047617 (microfiche).

        Robertson, A. T. A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ: Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1922.

        Robinson, Edward, and Matthew Brown Riddle. A Harmony of the Four Gospels in English According to the Common Version. Rev. ed. with foot-notes from the Revised Version of 1881, and additional notes by M.B. Riddle. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1886. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837011701 (microfiche).

        Smith, James. Dissertation on the Origin and Connection of the Gospels with a Synopsis of the Parallel Passages in the Original and Authorised Version, and Critical Notes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1853. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837017947 (microfiche).

        Sparks, H. F. D. A Synopsis of the Gospels. London: A. and C. Black, 1900. LC Number: 84172774 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0713614595.

        Stevens, William Arnold, and Ernest De Witt Burton. A Harmony of the Gospels for Historical Study: An Analytical Snyopsis of the Four Gospels. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

        Strong, James. A New Harmony and Exposition of the Gospels Consisting of a Parallel and Combined Arrangement, on a New Plan, of the Narratives of the Four Evangelists, According to the Authorized Translation, and a Continuous Commentary, with Brief Notes Subjoined : Being the First Period of the Gospel History, with a Supplement, Containing Extended Chronological and Topographical Dissertations, and a Complete Analytical Index. Gospel History. New-York: Carlton & Phillips, 1852. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0790582880 (microfiche).

        Swanson, Reuben J. The Horizontal Line Synopsis of the Gospels (Greek Edition). Volume 1, The Gospel of Matthew. Dillsboro, NC: Western North Carolina Press, Inc., 1982.  LC Number: 82-50638; ISBN: 0-915948-10-9.

        Thomas, Robert L., and Stanley N. Gundry. The NIV Harmony of the Gospels with Explanations and Essays, Using the Text of the New International Version : A Revised Edition of the John A. Broadus and A.T. Robertson Harmony of the Gospels. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. LC Number: 86043023 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0060635231 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Thompson, J. M. The Synoptic Gospels. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. LC Call Number: BS2560 ; ISBN: 0837018188 (microfiche).

        Throckmorton, Burton Hamilton. Gospel Parallels a Synopsis of the First Three Gospels, with Alternative Readings from the Manuscripts and Noncanonical Parallels. 2d ed., rev. Toronto: Nelson, 1957. LC Number: 57003558 ; Dewey Number: 226.1.

        Townson, Thomas, Ralph Churton, and John Loveday. A Discourse on the Evangelical History from the Interment to the Ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Oxford: Sold by J. Fletcher and T. Payne, London, 1793. LC Number: 38011170 ; LC Call Number: BT485.

        Unabridged Gospel Project., and  Lay Readers Bible Society. The Diaries of Jesus a Monograph on the Four Gospels, with the Gospel of the Good Shepherd. New Millennium translation, Reviewer's early ed. Houston [Tex.]: Published privately for the Unabridged Gospel Project Lay Readers Bible Society, 1997.



Studies About Them:

        Dungan, David. "Theory of Synopsis Construction," Biblica 61 (1980), 305-329.

        Ebrard, J. H. A. The Gospel History: A Compendium of Critical Investigations in Support of the Historical Character of the Four Gospels, 47-55. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1873.

        Funk, Robert Walter. "Introduction." New Gospel Parallels: Volume One, The Synoptic Gospels, xi - xvi.  Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.   LC Number: 84048727 //r914 ; LC Call Number: BS2560; ISBN: 0800621042 (v. 1).

        Greeven, Heinrich. "The Gospel Synopsis from 1776 to the present day," J.J. Griesbach: Synoptic and text-critical Studies 1776-1976, vol. 34 in the SNTS Monograph Series, 22-49.

        Orchard, Bernard. "On Synopses in general and this Synopsis in particular." A Synopsis of the Four Gospels, in a New Translation., xi - xv. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1982. LC Number: 81018753 //r83 ; ISBN: 0865540241 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Thomas, Robert L., and Stanley N. Gundry. "A History of Harmonies." The NIV Harmony of the Gospels with Explanations and Essays, Using the Text of the New International Version : A Revised Edition of the John A. Broadus and A.T. Robertson Harmony of the Gospels, 254-259. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. LC Number: 86043023 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0060635231 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Thomas, Robert L., and Stanley N. Gundry. "Is a Harmony of the Gospels Legitimate?" The NIV Harmony of the Gospels with Explanations and Essays, Using the Text of the New International Version : A Revised Edition of the John A. Broadus and A.T. Robertson Harmony of the Gospels, 240-253. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. LC Number: 86043023 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0060635231 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Thomas, Robert L., and Stanley N. Gundry. "Problems and Principles of Harmonization." The NIV Harmony of the Gospels with Explanations and Essays, Using the Text of the New International Version : A Revised Edition of the John A. Broadus and A.T. Robertson Harmony of the Gospels, 293-299. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. LC Number: 86043023 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0060635231 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Thomas, Robert L., and Stanley N. Gundry. "Chronology of the Life of Christ." The NIV Harmony of the Gospels with Explanations and Essays, Using the Text of the New International Version : A Revised Edition of the John A. Broadus and A.T. Robertson Harmony of the Gospels, 315-328. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. LC Number: 86043023 ; LC Call Number: BS2553 ; ISBN: 0060635231 ; Dewey Number: 226/.1.

        Youngblood, Ronald. "From Tatian to Swanson, from Calvin to Bendavid: The Harmonization of Biblical History," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 25 (1982): 415-423.


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