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This is a new-to-me and reasonable idea: that Q is the union of a collection of things.
by jbaber 2y ago
This is a new-to-me and reasonable idea: that Q is the union of a collection of things.
- OkayPhysicist 2y agoIn my theology courses (attended a Jesuit university, so had a couple mandatory semesters), this was presented as the common assumption in the field. The different books of the Gospels are different because they were pulling from different sources. Mark is assumed to be the oldest, since Luke, Matthew, and John all clearly had access to it. Luke and Matthew seem to be contemporaneous, several decades later than Mark, and thus had access to, on top of Mark, the evolving, partly oral, canon of information that formed within the first century and a half or so of Christianity. That's labeled "Q".
- panick21_ 2y agoCrazy how the conclusion that is most convenient to conservative Christians is the one being relentlessly pushed in all christian associated universities. I can't imagine why this would be the case.
- dormento 2y agoWell, its a Jesuit university. Jesuits are commonly thought to be liberal, controversial and fairly accommodating of other religious doctrine. I like this joke and think it exemplifies this a lot. A Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Jesuit are doing archaeological research in the Holy Land and discover an unopened tomb from the early first century. After excavating it, they go inside and find a cross with a skeleton nailed to it and a sign above that reads "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews". Immediately the Franciscan says, "The Resurrection never happened! My whole life has been for nothing!" and runs out distraught. The Dominican says, "The Gospels are full of lies! My whole life has been for nothing!" and runs out distraught. The Jesuit looks at the skeleton and says, "Well what do you know, I guess He really did exist!"