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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137512003321

Autore

Howes Llewellyn

Titolo

Judging Q and saving Jesus : Q’s contribution to the wisdom-apocalypticism debate in historical Jesus studies / / Llewellyn Howes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

South Africa, : AOSIS, 2015

Durbanville, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9780620687379 (ebook)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

226.066

Soggetti

Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. A focused overview of the quest for Jesus -- Chapter 2. Q as document -- Chapter 3. Eschatological judgment and the Son of Man -- Chapter 4. 'Do not judge!' in Q 6:37-38 -- Chapter 5. The Sayings Gospel Q and the historical Jesus.

Sommario/riassunto

The monograph Judging Q and Saving Jesus is characterised by careful textual analysis, showing a piercing critical eye in its impressive engagement with the secondary literature, and sharp and insightful critique. The target audience are specialists in the field of research on the Sayings Source Q (the hypothetical source of certain sayings of Jesus common to Matthew and Luke), historical Jesus, and early Christian theology. The book takes the stance that the hypothetical document Q can be reconstructed with sufficient precision and that this enables biblical scholars to study with confidence its genre and its thematic and ideological profile. The genre issue is central to the book overall structure and the alternative proposals are discussed at length and with sophistication. The author’s inference is that Q’s macrogenre is sapiential with occasional insertions of apocalyptic microstructures and motifs. This finding embodies progress in Historical Jesus studies.