Marcion and Luke Acts

Joseph B Tyson (2006), in 'Marcion and Luke-Acts: a defining struggle', University of South Carolina Press, makes a case for Luke & Acts being written or developed as a response to Marcion, rather than Marcion's gospel being a rewrite of Luke. How can I find the biblical basis for this assertion?

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Bob

You can’t find a biblical basis. You will have to find other scholarly work on the two opinions.

Bob

MJ. Smith

What Bob said.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1265622#Comment_1265622

You can’t find a biblical basis.

Agree. But the basis of the argument is supplemented in Kirsopp Lake "Many of the Western readings are traceable in the text used by Justin Martyr and by Marcion. In these cases it is obvious that a Greek and not a Latin text was used." He then goes on to discuss the Old Latin.

Just a sample, keeping in mind, the 'Western readings' as a label, has bounced around significantly, since then.

John

How can I find the biblical basis for this assertion?

The burden of proof of an assertion belongs with the person making the assertion. If the source you are quoting does not offer (biblical) proof, then I would categorize it as theory/speculation.

I know nothing about your source or the theory. But I do know that Luke chapter 1 and Acts chapter 1 both explain Lukes reasons and methods for composing his gospel.

Many times scholarly people ignore what the scriptures or church fathers tell us, and then create theories of their own.

Rosie Perera

You might want to get hold of The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon (not available in Logos, but it's available to borrow from Internet Archive) and compare it with what the author of Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle says.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1265665#Comment_1265665

The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon

Thank you, Rosie ... that's appears to be a good book to have. I have Judith Lieu's but it centers on the heretical aspects.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1265682#Comment_1265682

The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon

Thank you, Rosie ... that's appears to be a good book to have. I have Judith Lieu's but it centers on the heretical aspects.

I've just added a request for it in Logos, which people can vote for here:

The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon

Folks might also want to vote for this, which contains a whole section (12 chapters) on Marcion's canon: