The gospel behind the Gospels : : current studies on Q / / edited by Roland A. Piper.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 75
• TeilnehmendeR: Piper, Ronald A. 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 75.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; In Quest of Q: The Direction of Q Studies /; The Existence of Q /; The Minor Agreements and Q /; The Great Commandment Pericope and Q /; Q: Sayings of Jesus or Logia? /; Prestige, Protection and Promise: A Proposal for the Apologetics of Q /; Wisdom Statements in the Sphere of Prophecy /; The Redaction of Q and the Son of Man: A Preliminary Sketch /; Q and Cynicism: On Comparison and Social Identity /; John the Baptist and the Jesus Movement: What Does Q Tell Us? /; The Jesus of Q as Liberation Theologian /; Jesus and the Parables of Jesus in Q /; On the Gospel of Thomas and Q /; Itinerant Prophetesses: A Feminist Analysis of the Sayings Source Q /; Divided Families and Christian Origins /; Index to Modern Authors /; Index to Ancient Sources /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004267093
• ISSN: 0167-9732
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Roland A. Piper.

The Gospel Behind the Gospels portrays all the major areas of current discussion and debate regarding the early source of Jesus' sayings known as Q. Sixteen gospel scholars have advanced the debate about this source's nature, history and significance. Contributors discuss Q's existence, its relationship to Mark's gospel and to the Gospel of Thomas, its genre, its redactional history with special reference to the Son of Man and to wisdom and prophetic traditions, its social history with respect to family structures and the Cynics, a feminist analysis of Q, its significance for the historical Jesus and for Jesus' parables. The volume sheds important light on Jesus and Christian origins as well as upon Q itself, and it is significant for the diversity of major North American, European and Japanese scholarship which is represented.