Doesn dispensing with Q mean dispensing also with Markan Priority?
No. The Griesbach Hypothesis, the most popular alternative to the Two Source Theory in North America, dispenses with both Q and Markan Priority. The Griesbachians are right in perceiving that something is wrong with the standard solution to the synoptic problem, but it is unlikely, in the long run, that they will convince people that Matthew was the first Gospel. In order to go ‘beyond the Q impasse’, one needs to walk hand-in-hand with Markan Priority. Q: Doesn’t dispensing with Q mean the acceptance of some sort of dubious lectionary hypothesis? No. One of the reasons that Farrer’s seminal article has been frowned upon by some is that he mixed some ground-breaking suggestions with some highly dubious and unconvincing speculation about a hexateuchal structure behind Luke. Likewise, Michael Goulder greatly over-stressed his lectionary hypothesis in the 1970s in his attempt to overturn Q. But if the case against Q has sometimes been tainted by association with these theories, it is heal
