The new (old) perspective on John and the Synoptics: a review article BarkerJames W., <b>Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics</b> (Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans, 2025); 204 pp.: 9780802874528, $22.99/£17.99 (pbk)GoodacreMark, <b>The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke</b> (Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans, 2025); 205 pp.: 9780802875136, $29.99/£22.99 (pbk)

A review article of two important recent books, which, while aligned, represent distinct and creative approaches to answering the age-old questions of both the relationship between John’s Gospel and the Synoptic Gospels, and also the way in which early gospel texts were written. Each contributes to a recognizable shift in twenty-first-century scholarship towards the view that John’s Gospel should not be considered as independent from other Gospels but as a development or transformation of them.