History of New Testament Research by Baird William

Author:Baird, William
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4514-2619-9
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Research on Q

The polarization of NT research is apparent in the research on the hypothetical Q. While scholars like Farmer, Goulder, and Goodacre argue vigorously that Q never existed, another coterie of scholars claims not only to have reconstructed Q but to have detected stages of Q redaction, and have attempted to described the nature and theology of the community that produced Q.

Introduction and Texts

Q, according to its defenders, includes all the material of the “double tradition,” that is, the non-Markan material common to Matthew and Luke.[205] In citing Q, scholars refer to chapter and verse according to Luke, who is understood to reproduce Q more faithfully that Matthew. Q, according to most experts, begins at Luke 3:7-9 and ends at Luke 22:28-30. It contains material from Luke chapters 4, 6, 7, 8–19, although the exact verses are not entirely certain. Q mainly contains teaching material, although it also includes narrative: the preaching of John the Baptist, the temptation, the healing of the centurion’s servant; it does not contain the passion narrative. Most scholars agree that Q was written in Greek and that it represents a single source. The provenance is usually said to be Palestine, or Galilee, or the Galilee-Syrian border region. Q is usually identified as a document of Jewish Christianity, dated (in its final form) slightly before or after 70.

The text of Q is available in various editions. For the study of Q, John Kloppenborg’s QParallels is useful, especially for the English reader.[206] The book consists of the text of Q according to the Matthew/Luke parallels in Greek, with English translation. Agreements between Matthew and Luke are indicated by underlining. This synopsis also presents parallels from other sources including Mark, the Septuagint, the Apostolic Fathers, the Gospel of Thomas (in Coptic), and other NT documents. It also includes critical notes, a concordance of Greek words, and bibliography. The Critical Edition of Q is a huge volume that assembles comprehensive research on the Q document. The introduction, by James M. Robinson, presents an extensive account of the history of Q research, which extends from the logia of Papias to the recent work of Kloppenborg. The Greek text is presented in eight columns, across facing pages: (1) any Markan parallel to Matthew, (2) any Matthean doublet, (3) Matthean text derived from Q, (4) the critical text of Q, (5) Lukan text derived from Q, (6) any Lukan doublet, (7) any Markan parallel to Luke; (8) any parallel from the Gospel of Thomas (in Coptic). Below the columns a critical apparatus indicates variant readings suggested by the major editors; below the critical apparatus are critical notes; below the critical notes are text-critical notes; below the text-critical notes is the text of Q in Greek and in English, German, and French translation; and below the text of Q are parallels from the Gospel of Thomas. The presentation of the critical text is over 550 pages. A concordance, which is essentially the same as Kloppenborg’s in Q Parallels, is included.

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