Form critics are searching for
A)the way in which the four writers of the Synoptic Gospels altered shared parables.
B)the way in which the four writers of the Synoptic Gospels borrowed from each other.
C)the social circumstances and settings in which stories about Jesus originated and were orally transmitted.
D)the Q document.

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Form critics focus on understanding the social and cultural context in which stories about Jesus originated and were transmitted orally before being recorded in the Gospels. They examine the types of stories, such as parables and miracles, and the ways in which they were shaped by the communities that transmitted them. They are less concerned with the individual differences among the Synoptic Gospels or the existence of a hypothesized Q document.

Form Critics Are Searching for