Built on Rock or Sand?

This volume contains the proceedings of an international Q symposium
held at Graz University on July 20 - 23, 2011. The conference presented
the current state of Q studies and spelled out their future directions
through interpretations of particular texts and methodological
reflections. One important thrust of the discussions during the
conference concerned the literary character of Q: Is it possible or
indeed necessary to reconstruct the wording of Q? How coherent,
"finished" and scribalized was Q? Other central topics related to the
social and theological importance of Q: What were the contexts of the
composition of Q? How can the relationships between Q and ancient
Judaism(s) and nascent Christ groups be described?





Particular attention was given to the issues of (1) oral and scribal
factors, (2) narratological and intertextual approaches, (3)
reconstruction and redaction criticism, (4) ethos and Torah, (5) Q and
the Gospel of Matthew, (6) Q and the Gospel of John and (7) new
approaches to the Q hypothesis and the Synoptic Problem.





Contributors include G.B. Bazzana, R.A. Derrenbacker, Jr., D. Dormeyer,
H.T. Fleddermann, P. Foster, M. Frenschkowski, P.J. Judge, S.R. Johnson,
J.S. Kloppenborg, M. Labahn, D.R. MacDonald, D.T. Roth, C.K. Rothschild,
F. Siegert, D.A. Smith, M. Theobald, M. Tiwald, C. Tuckett, S.
Witetschek, V. Wittkowsky, and R. Zimmermann.