Michael:
Another person who has noted the problem and written extensively on it is
Jacob Neusner. He has several books which discuss the problems of the
use of "rabbinic" materials to elucidate the NT. Others don't agree with
him (JPSanders for example), but I think you'll find his discussions
enlightening and challenging; even if you end up not agreeing with him
either. I guess the "father" of this discussion in modern times was
Samuel Sandmal in his SBL presidental address entitled "Parallelomania",
which can be found in JBL. Have fun chasing this issue; you'll no doubt
end up passing through the OT in the NT debate in the process (Is Paul
targumizing; Does Matthew out-rabbinic the rabbis, etc.).
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