Q in Context II - Social Setting and Archeological Background of the Sayings Source

For the right understanding of the Sayings Source Q not only the relation to early Judaism but also the social "landscape" in which the texts evolved is undeniably crucial. Here results of Galilean Archeology are brought into contact with sociological models how Jesus and the Q-community might have interacted with their contemporaries (cf. the thesis of social disruption by G. Theißen, attitudes in early Judaism towards the Temple by B. Ego, the role of women in early Judaism by T. Ilan, the situation in the Diaspora by P. Trebilco). The question is also extended to the social profile of the authorities behind the Sayings Source Q: Were they itinerant prophets or village scribes?

About the author

Dr. Markus Tiwald is a professor of New Testament at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).

Product details

• Assisted by: Marku Tiwald (Editor), Markus Tiwald (Editor)
• Publisher: V & R Unipress GmbH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 238 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Illustrations: mit 8 Abbildungen
• Series: Bonner Biblische Beiträge; Bonner Biblische Beiträge 173; Bonner Biblische Beiträge; Bonner Biblische Beiträge 173
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works