RECONSTRUCTING Q

Existence of Q | Extent | Reconstruction | History | Literary Concerns | Theology | Bibliography

Officially Launching Spring 2015

• side-by-side comparisons of gospel accounts
• word-count statistics
• a new reconstruction of Q compared with the Critical Edition of Q
• passage-by-passage arguments for a passage's inclusion in Q
• phrase-by-phrase discussions of the original reading
• commentary on each passage in Q
• helpful articles related to the synoptic problem and the reconstruction and theology of Q
• and much, much more ...

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The Purpose of This Site

My own study of Matthew's and Luke's gospels has led me to conclude that we have greatly underestimated the extent of Q. It is quite likely that Matthew only includes about half of Q, especially considering that Matthew is not following Q's order as he is Mark's. It is also likely that Luke has left out portions of Q, since Luke leaves out significant portions of Mark. Can we discover Q passages in Matthew's unique material and in Luke's unique material? In a couple of the technical arguments below I offer some criteria for doing this. More arguments will be added later.

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Technical Arguments

• The Case for Q (EGLBS, 2014)
• Lost Portions of Q Found ... in the Lukan Travel Narrative (SBL, 2012; see my JSNT submission below for an updated version of the first part of this paper)
• Luke 3:1-4:30: How Much Is from Q? (EGLBS, 2013)
• The τις εξ υμων Similitudes and the Extent of Q (an expansion of the first part of my SBL 2012 paper; this is now undergoing peer review for JSNT)
• The Introduction to and Genre of Q (abstract)
• The Sources of the Sermon on the Mount (abstract)

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