On Questioning "Q"
Published on 22. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-281-05613-2 (ISBN)
Description
Scholars have long been agreed that there is a single source for the gospels, which they refer to as 'Q'. This book challenges these assumptions and offers alternatives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-281-05613-2 (9780281056132)
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Persons
Nicholas Perrin was until recently research assistant to NT Wright and has researched and written on the use of the synoptic tradition. Mark Goodacre is Professor of Religion at University of Birmingham.
Content
Foreword by NT Wright, Bishop of Durham Introduction Part I: A Critical Assessment of Arguments for Q Nicholas Perrin & Mark Goodacre The Building of an Opinio Communis: The Rise and Development of the Q Theory in Modern Scholarship Sharon Lea Mattile The Use and Misuse of Statistical Analysis in the Study of Q Nicholas Perrin Ancient Literary Analogies to Q Mark Goodacre The Hidden and No-So-Hidden Fallacies of Q Jeffrey Peterson Q and the Plausibility of Luke's Independence from Matthew Nicholas Perrin Will the Real Q Please Stand Up Mark Goodacre When is a Text Not a Text? The Quasi Text-Critical Approach of the International Q Project Eric Eves On the Reconstruction of Mark from Matthew and Luke: A Thought Experiment Mark Matson Literary Criticism: Intertextuality and Q Part II: Life without Q Nicholas Perrin On Questioning Q: New Directions in the Search for the Historical Jesus and Early Christianity Mark Goodacre On Questioning Q: The Theological Implications Perrin & Goodacre Conclusion