Thesiss

The temptation narrative (Matthew 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13) has long been a crux criticorum in the document known as Q. In the recent past, sophisticated literary and sociological theories have suggested it to be a scribal legitimation of Jesus the sage, demonstrating his skill in re…

This dissertation is a study of Q from the perspective of the kingdom of God and its rejection. It examines the redactional concern of Q in its formative stratum. This study re-evaluates Kloppenborg's sapiential-apocalyptic stratigraphical dichotomy in the formation of Q. The pr…

The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the impact of first century Galilean urbanization on an early collection of Jesus' sayings, commonly called "Q." The underlying goal is to establish a method whereby archaeological data can be effectively and responsibly incorporated int…

Gospels scholars have suggested in various ways that the author responsible for Q was also responsible for Matthew. This insight is interesting because, while it is fundamental to the two-source hypothesis that Mark and Q are combined in Matthew because the author had some affin…