The Progressive Publication of Matthew: An Explanation of the Writings of the Synoptic Gospels by B. Ward Powers is marked down to $0.99 from a list price of $36.99 (it's $22.99 at Kobo).
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Fresh research, advancing further the work of numerous scholars over a great many decades, points convincingly to a new basis for explaining the Synoptic Problem: the Gospel of Matthew was published in stages.
Scholars have long debated the Synoptic Problem--questions about why and how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke share so much common material, and yet differ in so many ways.
Assessing all the primary evidence, and the widely differing scholarly views about the Synoptic Problem, B. Ward Powers draws attention to the evidence pointing to Matthew's Gospel having been published progressively, with identifiable sections of his material then being seen and utilized by Luke. After both of these Gospels had been published in their current form, they together with the preaching of the Apostle Peter were the three sources used by Mark in producing a special-purpose Gospel for preachers and evangelists.
The Progressive Publication of Matthew fleshes out this proposal, measuring it in detail against other hypotheses. This book also sets out a clarification of the reason and purpose of Mark's Gospel, and a comprehensive explanation of pericope order in all three Synoptics.
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I know nothing about the book and it seems to have no ratings, despite being published in 2010 by B&H Academic.
The author argues for Matthean priority in the writing of the synoptics, while the current scholarly consensus is Markan priority. I've no idea how strong or convincing the author's arguments are, but I find the subject fascinating enough to risk a dollar.
If anyone else enjoys this particular subject, Mark Goodacre's excellent book
The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze is freely available (with the blessing of the author) from
archive.org as a scan and OCR (I found the PDF scan readable on a 7" tablet, but YMMV).