Q and Galilee?
It is widely accepted in scholarship that the hypothetical sayings collection Q originated in the Jesus movement which persisted in Galilee after the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. This study accepts the hypothesis of a source, common to Matthew and Luke, not merely written in Greek but also reflect...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2003, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-311 |
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| Summary: | It is widely accepted in scholarship that the hypothetical sayings collection Q originated in the Jesus movement which persisted in Galilee after the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. This study accepts the hypothesis of a source, common to Matthew and Luke, not merely written in Greek but also reflecting a tradition of oral delivery in Greek. It accepts also that many of the traditions preserved therein originate in the historical ministry of Jesus, without identifying these with any earlier layer identified by previous scholarship. The Galilean provenance of Q is questioned, in the light of eight factors, which are considered in turn: (1) the nature and definition of Q, and its relationship to other Jesus traditions; (2) the language of Q; (3) scribal skills in rural Galilee; (4) the purpose in committing Q to writing; (5) geographical allusions in the reconstructed document; (6) the nature of itinerancy in the mission charge; (7) Israelite traditions and institutions; and (8) Q and primitive Christian kerygma. It is argued that Q was transcribed to facilitate wider and more efficient dissemination of the tradition of Jesus' teaching in the Greek language, and that the impetus and occasion for this would not have occurred in Galilee. The provenance of Q is therefore to be sought elsewhere. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83140 |