Q Hypothesis

Q Hypothesis

1. Matthew, Luke, and Mark share a literary relationship.

   • All 3 share up to 80% in verbal agreement
     • All generally agree on the order of Jesus' life events.
       • Luke and Matthew never agree against Mark
         • Possibility that Luke and Matthew knew each other when writing
           • Mark leaves out important parts such as birth narrative, resurrections narrative, and most of Jesus' teachings.
             • Mark's vocabulary is less complex than Mattthew and Luke's
               • Matthew and Luke used Mark independently from each other
                 • Mark was written prior to Matthew and Luke
                   • Need to explain why there is close agreement when Mark is missing.
                     • If Matthew and Luke used Mark independently, we can assume they used antoher source which was also independently used.
                       • Mathhew and Luke used another source, Q, independently of each other