neither short, nor fat, nor tall.
The sun by day,
and the moon by night,
we are only light.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ, ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎦᏛ,
Ꮭ ᏍᏆᎳᎯ, Ꮭ ᎦᎵᏦᎯᏓ, Ꮭ ᎢᏅ-ᎢᎦᏘ.
ᏅᏙᎢᎦᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ ᏑᏃᏱ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
Monday, June 17, 2019
We Are Light, and That Is All / ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ, ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎦᏛ
We are light, and that is all,
neither short, nor fat, nor tall.
The sun by day,
and the moon by night,
we are only light.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ, ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎦᏛ,
Ꮭ ᏍᏆᎳᎯ, Ꮭ ᎦᎵᏦᎯᏓ, Ꮭ ᎢᏅ-ᎢᎦᏘ.
ᏅᏙᎢᎦᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ ᏑᏃᏱ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
neither short, nor fat, nor tall.
The sun by day,
and the moon by night,
we are only light.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ, ᎠᎴ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏂᎦᏛ,
Ꮭ ᏍᏆᎳᎯ, Ꮭ ᎦᎵᏦᎯᏓ, Ꮭ ᎢᏅ-ᎢᎦᏘ.
ᏅᏙᎢᎦᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ ᏑᏃᏱ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
Layered-Matthew Hypothesis (Revised)
Matthew I (lacking Q entirely) is reflected in Mark.
Matthew IIa (containing most of the Q material in an earlier form, but still incomplete) is reflected in Luke.
Matthew IIb (containing the Q material in an intermediate, but still incomplete form) is reflected in Shem-Tob ben Isaac ben Shaprut's Hebrew Matthew, which has survived to our time in twenty-eight manuscripts, of which George Howard examined nine. Other, related texts of Hebrew Matthew (such as Munster and DuTillet) have, as Howard pointed out, been brought into closer conformity to canonical Matthew.
Matthew III (containing full Q material in revised, Matthaean form) is reflected in canonical Matthew.
There are, thus, no hypothetical sources with the exception of Q, whose existence as a separate, written document is strongly supported by the evidence. That evidence does not support Markan priority.
This, the current state of my Layered-Matthew Hypothesis for solution of the Synoptic Problem, is illustrated in the graphic below:
Text and illustration © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.
Matthew IIa (containing most of the Q material in an earlier form, but still incomplete) is reflected in Luke.
Matthew IIb (containing the Q material in an intermediate, but still incomplete form) is reflected in Shem-Tob ben Isaac ben Shaprut's Hebrew Matthew, which has survived to our time in twenty-eight manuscripts, of which George Howard examined nine. Other, related texts of Hebrew Matthew (such as Munster and DuTillet) have, as Howard pointed out, been brought into closer conformity to canonical Matthew.
Matthew III (containing full Q material in revised, Matthaean form) is reflected in canonical Matthew.
There are, thus, no hypothetical sources with the exception of Q, whose existence as a separate, written document is strongly supported by the evidence. That evidence does not support Markan priority.
This, the current state of my Layered-Matthew Hypothesis for solution of the Synoptic Problem, is illustrated in the graphic below:
Text and illustration © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.