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Jesus, Q, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Judaic Approach to Q

  • Paperback
  • 278 pages
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.5 x 23.2 x 1.8 cm

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In his work, Simon J. Joseph proposes a new working model for understanding the Jewish ethnicity, community, provenance, and compositional traits in Q--the earliest and most reliable source for the Palestinian Jewish Jesus movement. He critically compares the major literary features of Q 3-7, a section which introduces John the Baptist and includes the Beatitudes and Jesus' reply to John in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Essenes, and first-century Jewish wisdom traditions and messianism. By conducting a critical comparative analysis of Q 6:20-23, Q 7:22, 4Q525, and 4Q521, this approach effectively challenges the prevailing assumption that Q is a Galilean text representing a non-messianic and non-apocalyptic Galilean branch of the early Jesus movement that was dissociated from the early Jerusalem community and provides a new way of understanding the intimate relationship between Early Judaism and Christianity.
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  • Title

    Jesus, Q, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Judaic Approach to Q

  • Author

    Simon J. Joseph

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    September 2012

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    278

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.2 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161521201

  • ISBN-10

    316152120X

  • Eden Code

    4892784