RT Article
T1 Children and the Sayings Source Q: What the Double Tradition Reveals about Q's Attitude toward Children (Q 11:19-20; 12:53; 14:26; and 17:1-2)
JF Biblical interpretation
VO 27
IS 1
SP 69
OP 90
A1 Murphy, A. James
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1683561600
AB This essay seeks to contribute to the growing scholarship on children in biblical studies, and while studies of children in the Gospels have begun to emerge, no one has examined the hypothetical Sayings Source Q material specifically with children in mind. Are there children in Q? What can we learn of Q's disposition toward children? This essay adapts K.S. Han's method of "allegiance types" (2002) for determining Q's attitude toward the Jerusalem Temple to a childist reading of Q 11:19-20; 12:53; 14:26; and 17:1-2. In short, these four passages evidence only adult or adolescent children, and despite much household imagery, Q language often suggests an "imperiled" family unit so central to the lives of children. The findings may aid studies seeking to further define Q's relationship to apocalypticism, "renewal" ideology, asceticism, or the endurance of the family unit.
K1 Bibel. Lukasevangelium, 17,1-2
K1 Sayings Source Q
K1 childist interpretation
K1 Children
K1 Family
K1 Household
DO 10.1163/15685152-00271P04