229 ON JESUS’ LAST WEEK(S) fer a meaningful organization of the events of Jesus’ last week, some results can be summarized. During the IInd cent., the texts had not yet been finalized, and different versions were in use. The challenge presented by Mar- cion, especially in Rome, certainly prompted some movement towards authorized versions. This can be inferred from the anti- marcionite prefaces to the Gospels, which were known to Ire- naeus 39. The canonical Gospels were certainly circulated from Rome, but this does not mean that other, local versions were im- mediately discarded. However, the Paschal quarrel shows that the actual liturgical customs were not instrumental in the formation of the Synoptic Passion narratives, since we find lasting traces of divergent usages 40. They took their shape according to Paul’s theological au- thority. The latter was poorly accepted in the Aramaic-speaking churches of Jewish Christian origin. This may explain the slow penetration of the canonical NT there. Since the major studies of Th. Zahn and of A. Harnack in the XIXth century 41, almost all the relevant material has been known, but it is A. Jaubert’s hypothesis, following the Qumran discoveries, that has opened new perspectives in two main respects: firstly, by confirming the greater historical accuracy of the fourth Gospel over the Synoptics; secondly, by differentiating between the Eu- charistic rite and the Passover, thus paving the way for under- standing the ecclesiastical process by which they were brought together in the Synoptics. Jesus can be viewed as a new Joshua (“ YHWH saves ”), of a different nature. A number of implications emerge. The traces of the Jubilees calendar discernible in the Synoptics should not be viewed as casu- al decoration. They raise the question of an original link with the See D. DE BRUYNE, “Les plus anciens prologues latins des évangiles”, 39 RBén 40 (1928) 193-214. Later on, the Gospels did influence the liturgical year, with commemo- 40 rations of events reported in the Gospels, see G. DIX, The Shape of the Liturgy, 340-60. The former viewed the formation of the NT as a slow development linked 41 with liturgical usage, the latter maintained that it was the result of decisions made by Church authorities, see C. MARKSCHIES, “Époques de la recherche sur le canon du Nouveau Testament en Allemagne”, Le canon du Nouveau Testa- ment (eds. G. ARAGIONE et al.) (Genève 2005) 11-34.