Sources of the Synoptic Gospels

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University of Michigan Studies HUMANISTIC SERIES VOLUME V
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SOURCES OF THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
BY CARL S. PATTON FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH COLUMBUS, OHIO
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
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Copyright 1915 By Carl S. Patton
Printed August, 1915
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The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to give some account of the investigations recently made in the Synoptic Problem, and the present status of scholarly opinion concerning it; secondly, upon the basis of such established results, to push the inquiry into certain items a step farther.