Robert Lisle Lindsey
Robert L. Lindsey | |
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Born | Academic Pastoral | August 16, 1917
Spouse | Margaret Lutz[1] |
Robert Lisle Lindsey (1917–1995), founded together with David Flusser the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research.
He spent most of his adult life as pastor in the Holy Land. He is especially known for pastoring the Narkis Street Baptist Church in Jerusalem. His biography was published under the name One Foot In Heaven: The Story of Bob Lindsey of Jerusalem.[1] While rescuing an Arab orphan from the dangerous Israel-Jordan border in 1960, Lindsey was seriously injured after stepping on a land mine which resulted in the loss of his left foot.
He was an Israeli New Testament scholar. He was a contributor to the
Contributions to scholarship
Lindsey is the author of A Hebrew Translation of The Gospel of Mark. The book is notable for its solution to the
While it is easy to show that Luke knows a Proto-Mark (which happens to be closer to Hebrew) and not Mark, Lindsey speculates further with more surprising conclusions, and argues for
Despite the surprising claim that Mark depends partially on Luke, Lindsey emphasizes that his solution to the Synoptic Problem agrees substantially with the majority who hypothesize Marcan priority, since this Proto-Narrative is identical with "Ur-Markus", and that all three synoptic gospels - Luke, Mark, and Matthew - depend directly on the Proto-Narrative.
Publications
- Jesus, Rabbi and Lord: The Hebrew Story of Jesus Behind Our Gospels, Oak Creek, WI: Cornerstone Publishing, 1990, ISBN 0-9623950-0-5
- The Jesus Sources, Tulsa, OK: Hakesher, 1990
- A Comparative Greek Concordance of the Synoptic Gospels, 3 volumes, Jerusalem: Dugit, 1985-1989 (volume 1, volume 2, and volume 3 on the internet archive)
- A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark: A Greek-Hebrew Diglot with English Introduction, Second Edition, Jerusalem: Dugit, 1973
- "A Modified Two-Document Theory of the Synoptic Dependence and Interdependence" in Novum Testamentum 6 (1963), 239-263.
- "From Luke to Mark to Matthew: A Discussion of the Sources of Markan “Pick-ups” and the Use of a Basic Non-canonical Source by All the Synoptists," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Gospel Origins: From a Hebrew Story to the Canonical Gospels," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "The Hebrew Life of Jesus," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Introduction to A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "An Introduction to Synoptic Studies," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Jesus’ Twin Parables," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "The Kingdom of God: God’s Power Among Believers," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "The Major Importance of the “Minor” Agreements," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Measuring the Disparity Between Matthew, Mark and Luke," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "My Search for the Synoptic Problem’s Solution (1959-1969)," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "A New Approach to the Synoptic Gospels," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "A New Two-source Solution to the Synoptic Problem," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Paraphrastic Gospels," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "Unlocking the Synoptic Problem: Four Keys for Better Understanding Jesus," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
- "“Verily” or “Amen”—What Did Jesus Say?," on JerusalemPerspective.com.
See also
References
- ^ a b Kenneth R. Mullican Jr. and Loren C. Turnage, One Foot In Heaven: The Story of Bob Lindsey of Jerusalem, Frederick, Maryland: PublishAmerica, 2005.
- ^ A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark: A Greek-Hebrew Diglot with English Introduction, Second Edition, Jerusalem: Dugit, 1973
- ^ Buchanan, George Wesley (January 1971). "Reviewed Work: A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark: Greek-Hebrew Diglot with English Introduction". Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 33 (1): 124–126.
- ^ Carmignac, Jean (April 1971). "Reviewed Work: A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark by Robert Lisle Lindsey". Novum Testamentum. 13 (2): 157–160.