{"product_id":"the-formation-of-q-trajectories-in-ancient-wisdom-collections-studies-in-antiquity-and-christianity","title":"The Formation of Q: Trajectories in Ancient Wisdom Collections (Studies in Antiquity and Christianity)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking study  Kloppenborg uses genre criticism and redaction criticism to examine the composition and development of the sayings source Q. He argues that Q is composed of three compositional layers  or strata  each of which reflects certain stages of development in the Q community. The first  and formative  layer reflects the influence of collections of ancient sapiential sayings and contains six wisdom speeches. The second layer reflects the influence of the prophetic literature of judgment and contains prophetic oracles and many Son-of-Man sayings. A third layer adds a temptation story  which moves the document from a chriae collection in the direction of a biography. James Robinson at Claremont University notes: John Kloppenborgs impressively wide-ranging survey of the various genres of collection sayings in antiquity and his placing of Q within that context have elevated this dimension of the study of Q to a new niveau of sophistication. With its publication  all previous studies of the genre of Q are rendered inadequate. This fine  well-written book is an outstanding contribution to synoptic studies.It is undoubtedly the best book on Q available in English.Arland D. Jacobsen  Journal of Biblical Literature John S. Kloppenborg teaches at the University of St. Michaels College and the University of Toronto (both in Toronto). His previous books include Conflict and Invention: Literary  Rhetorical  and Social Studies on the Sayings Gospel Q (Trinity) and The Shape of Q: Signal Essays on the Sayings Gospel. For: New Testament scholars interested in the Synoptic Gospels; seminarians and graduate students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960109396021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0800631013","price":97.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780800631017.jpg?v=1770390867","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-formation-of-q-trajectories-in-ancient-wisdom-collections-studies-in-antiquity-and-christianity","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}