Do I think that Mark Goodacre would forge a text to prove Q didn't exist? No I would never believe that.
I can't agree with you here. If somehow Mark Goodacre was in some monastery library and produced a copy of part of a supposedly ancient letter somehow showing that Luke directly used Matthew, the question would appear in my mind instantly.I think good scholarship and being a good scholar meant as much to Morton Smith as it does to Mark Goodacre. That's why I would always hold them as irreproachable with respect to the manufacture of forgeries.
How well do we really know anyone? How many people can we say that of?
Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:25 pm