For a long time I was convinced that TF was a later Christian interpolation. This was evidenced by a computer comparative analysis of texts performed in 1995 by Garry Goldberg. He wrote a paper about it published in The Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 13 (1995), pp. 59-77. ** you do not have permission to see this link **
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It shows a strong textual relationship between the TF and Luke 24:13-27. For me it meant that TF was inserted by some Christian.
But times have changed. Klinghardt started dating *Ev to the 90’s CE, Vinzent to the 140’s CE. In addition, Mason’s work indicates Luke’s dependence on Josephus.
It turns out that Goldberg was wrong – it’s the opposite of what he thought. This Emmaus narrative depends on TF textually. And here I reached for other sources.
I just looked at Klinghardt’s Reconstruction *24,13-35 (pages 1239-1257).
It seems that not only Luke used TF but also the unknown author of *Ev.
Anyway…
Graphical visualization makes it easier for me to draw conclusions. I envied Gunther Zuntz his beautiful drawing from 1946 which helped me a lot and I decided to make my own for my “ecstatically beautiful, coherent and simple” :-)) theory. Halfway through the creation, I thought of Walther Bauer model
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