Matthew, Luke, and… James?: The Reconstruction of Q and the Epistle of James
Recognition of the parallels between Q material and the Epistle of James has developed in recent years, and has convincingly attested to James’ literary dependence upon Q. If James does constitute an independent witness to the Sayings Gospel, there indeed may be some merit to a limited deployment of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
New Testament studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 425-434 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Synoptic problem
/ Q
/ James
/ Bible. Lukasevangelium 6,24-26
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Two-source hypothesis
B Synoptic Problem B Epistle of James B reconstruction of Q |
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| Summary: | Recognition of the parallels between Q material and the Epistle of James has developed in recent years, and has convincingly attested to James’ literary dependence upon Q. If James does constitute an independent witness to the Sayings Gospel, there indeed may be some merit to a limited deployment of the Jacobean epistle in studies of the Synoptic Problem. The present contribution considers the reconstruction of Q through comparison with several of its Jacobean parallels, surveying the extent to which James can be fruitfully deployed. While scholars should certainly exercise caution in using James to reconstruct Q, selective comparison may offer us some new insights, particularly in adjudicating discrepancies between Matthew and Luke. Although the Epistle’s utility is limited because of its lack of verbatim citation of Q, James may be particularly helpful in the contentious debate about the inclusion of the Lucan woes (Q/Luke 6.24-6) into Q and offers some force to the minority position that the woes constituted an original component of Q’s Beatitudes. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S002868852400002X |