cause of his noticeable omission of material found in Matthew and Mark. An unusual modern scholar who supported the notion that the Synoptic Gospels were of an early date, specifically before 70, was John Robinson. Though generally considered a liberal theologian, his views in respect to the development of the Gospels were consistent with the Augustinian hypothesis. He wrote in his work Redating the New Testament that past scholarship was based on a "tyranny of unexamined assumptions" and an "almost wilful blindness," concluding that New Testament was written before 64, and that there is no compelling evidence and little evidence of any kind that anything in the New Testament reflects knowledge of the Temple's destruction. Furthermore, in relation to the four gospels, according to Norman Geisler: "Robinson places Matthew at 40 to after 60, Mark at about 45 to 60, Luke at before 57 to after 60, and John at from 40 to after 65." See also Farrer hypothesis Four-document hypothesis Gospel harmony Griesbach hypothesis Hebrew Gospel hypothesis Two-source hypothesis References External links Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence The Mysterious Case of the Missing Q Synoptic Problem Website Synoptic problem Hypotheses Biblical criticism Christian terminology