I start to see where the theological dispute enters in your scenario: the editors, from the your description, are as politicians, i.e. interested only to intercept the popular favor (and possibly: money).They wrote their strips - pericopes which were then sent to editors and from which subsequent editions were created - *Ev, Mark, Matthew, John, Luke. Or vice versa - I don't insist on this order. But I insist on the process.
After the release of the first edition (*Ev), the editors saw that the masses were showing clues of disaffection towards Marcionite theology, hence they released new editions (Mark, Matthew and Luke) where subtle traces of anti-marcionism were sown here and there in order to satisfy the majority of the new audience.
Something of similar to new movies introducing themes that reflect better the new ideologies without the explicit rejection of the recipients used to vehicle old ideologies (case in point: the Lord of the Rings).
Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:06 pm