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Old 04-24-2001, 03:30 PM   #1
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Does anyone know of a good version of the Q gospel? I know that the Jesus Seminar has it in one of their books along with other gospels, but I'm looking for a compact version of Q, preferrably with scholarly information about it.

Feel free to discuss anything else about Q here that tickles your fancy. I'm very interested in this hypothetical document which has never been found.

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Old 04-24-2001, 04:41 PM   #2
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/gosp_q.htm
 
Old 04-25-2001, 07:46 AM   #3
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Thanks Marduk.
 
Old 05-04-2001, 12:07 PM   #4
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Since there seems to be limited interest in Q, I am not starting a new thread, but adding this note to this thread, and referencing another thread on Q that went nowhere.

The 'Q' hypothesis is that Matthew and Luke both copied various sayings of Jesus from an earlier document, now lost, which is referred to as 'Q'. The alternative hypothesis is that Luke copied from Matthew, a view originating with Austin Farrer and developed by Michael Goulder.

I recently came across this interesting article, which uses textual analysis to argue against the existence of 'Q' and in favor of the Farrer hypothesis:

Fatigue in the Synoptics by Mark Goodacre.

Goodacre uses the concept of 'editorial fatigue' or 'docile reproduction' to track the sources of a work:
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Editorial fatigue is a phenomenon that will inevitably occur when a writer is heavily dependent on another's work. In telling the same story as his predecessor, a writer makes changes in the early stages which he is unable to sustain throughout. Like continuity errors in film and television, examples of fatigue will be unconscious mistakes, small errors of detail which naturally arise in the course of constructing a narrative. They are interesting because they can betray an author's hand, most particularly in revealing to us the identity of his sources.
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Goodacre then shows evidence of 'fatique' where Matthew and Luke copied from Mark, made changes to suit their own political or theological agendas, but lost track of the changes by the end of the passage.

He then shows a similar fatige where Luke has copied from Matthew, but no corresponding fatigue where Matthew might have copied from the presumed common source.

This article is part of site devoted to skepticism on Q.

This is not a question that I have formed an opinion on, but the discussion is interesting.
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Old 05-04-2001, 12:31 PM   #5
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This article is part of site devoted to skepticism on Q.

This is not a question that I have formed an opinion on, but the discussion is interesting.
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Yes, Goodacre's site is very interesting, and he is very accessible. Drop him an email, he is friendly and willing to answer questions.

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