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1. The New Testament is "the oldest preserved book of the church's sermons" (Marxsen).

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6. Analysis discloses two main lines of tradition leading back to the primary texts or sermons: (1) the tradition of the Jesus-kerygma that preceded even our earliest gospel (i.e., pre-Marean Marcean Jesus-traditions, possibly earlier collections thereof, especially a pre-Marean Marcean passion narrative; and the sayings source commonly called "Q"); and (2) the tradition of the Christ-kerygma of the pre-Pauline Palestinian and Hellenistic Christian communities.

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