SYLLABUS - Q 2 - Fall '09
Introduction
Q's beginnings
Ch 1 - Critical edition of Q
Study of Jesus
Narrative gospels vs sayings' gospel
Redaction of Q
this 'generation'
judgement and generation explained
Original (archaic) sayings of Jesus in Q
the sayings and Jesus' ministry
Jesus' ministry in Galilee
the 'mission instruction'
Ch 2 - Jesus: Easter to the Apostles' Creed
Resurrection in this context
resurrection appearances
personal resurrection 'now' or 'later'
2 views in Pauline school
Q and GoT in this resurrection development
The 'living' Jesus
Jesus' death
Gnostic influence on Christian writings
note on gnostic time-element of the appearances
Gnostic influence also before Easter
Two-level format in GoT
from 'sayings' to 'dialogue'
before Easter
summary
Conclusion
Ch 3 - The real Jesus of the 'sayings Gospel' Q
The 'sayings gospel' as presentation of Jesus
What Jesus is telling us in his sayings
Q's interpretation of the Lord's Prayer
More about Jesus' lifestyle
'Death' and 'cross' in Q
Another chance for 'this generation'
From Q to us
Mt connects Jesus and the church
Ch 4 - Very Goddess and Very Man - Jesus' Better Self
The beginning of christology
Possessed by the spirit
Adoptionism
Subordinationism
The Gender of God
The inclusiveness of Wisdom christology
The visual image of Resurrection
A new lease on life
Ch 5 - The Son of Man in the sayings gospel of Q
Titles in the layers of Q
Lord – Son of God - Son of Man
Q's Son of Man sayings in Jesus' public ministry
The apocalyptic son of man
Ch 6 - Jesus' theology in the Sayings Gospel of Q
Jesus’ sayings about the K o G
Jesus and John the Baptist
Jesus and the K o G
Jesus’ conduct and action
God reigning in Jesus’ public ministry
From Jesus forward to the redaction of Q
Ch 7 - What Jesus had to say
Ch 8 - Jesus in Q and Liberation Theology
John’s gospel vs Q
Ch 9 - The Image of Jesus in Q
Jesus and feminism
Jesus and apocalypticism
Q or kerygma (gospel/teaching of the Church)
The image of Jesus in Q
Ch 10 - Q - from John to Mt via Jesus
Albert Schweitzer's apocalyptic paradigm
Elimination of the Son of Man
Revival of Q studies
Koester and the early sapiential layer in Q
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Q - The Jesus Gospel - Syllabus Fall '08
Introduction
Why a course about Q
Historical Background
Q in the "Two Source" theory
Q 're-constructed'
Order, extend, setting of Q
Date and Strata of Q
Original language
Written or Oral tradition
Social context
Oral-communication environment
Q and the Jewish tradition
Galilee - society and economy
Q in this setting
The Q-people
Form of speech
Q - its saying/discourses
Q and the Gospels
Gospel of Thomas
Q as the Gospel of Jesus
Jesus' view of himself in Q
Titles - Messiah - Son of God
Jesus' view of his own death
Q and Re-conception of Christian origins
Authority of the Jesus-sayings
What came from Jesus
Jesus' sayings in the gospels
Helpful modes of contemporary literature
Anecdote - Character & ethos
Application to Q
Q in Mt and Lk
Particulars
Views and Opinions
Life Style in Q
Kingdom of God in Q
Q apocalyptic - yes/no
Q individualistic vs social reform
Christology in Q
'Trust' in Q
Covenantal Renewal Q 6:20-49
John Baptist in Q
Seminar on Christian Origins - Westar
Its Insights in Q document
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Q - The Jesus Gospel
Why a course about Q
Historical Background
Q in the "Two Source" theory
Q 're-constructed'
Order, extend, setting of Q
Date and Strata of Q
Original language
Written or Oral tradition
Social context
Oral-communication environment
Q and the Jewish tradition
Reflection
Galilee - society and economy
Q in this setting
The Q-people
Form of speech
Q - its saying/discourses
Q and the Gospels
Gospel of Thomas
Q as the Gospel of Jesus
Jesus' view of himself in Q
Titles - Messiah - Son of God
Jesus' view of his own death
Q and Re-conception of Christian origins
Authority of the Jesus-sayings
What came from Jesus
Jesus' sayings in the gospels
Helpful modes of contemporary literature
Anecdote - Character & ethos
Application to Q
Q in Mt and Lk
Seminar on Christian Origins - Westar
Insights in Q document
