Metaphor, Narrative, and Parables in Q

Edited by Michael Labahn Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Dieter T. Roth

Book cover: Metaphor, Narrative, and Parables in Q

Extent: 433 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 2014)

ISBN: 9783161523380

6.42 x 9.45 inches

Price: $224.00

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Research on Q has frequently been driven by questions addressing the legitimacy of the two-source hypothesis or by questions related to the reconstruction of this source. As such, Q scholarship has often viewed its tasks primarily through the lenses of source- and redaction-critical perspectives. The authors of this volume make a conscious effort to refocus, at least to a certain extent, discussions concerning Q from questions of reconstruction to narratival and metaphorical aspects of this text. Narrative elements such as space, time, characters, plot, etc. on the one hand, and metaphorical elements such as Bildfeldtradition, socio-historical aspects of the images employed, etc., on the other, can be recognized and examined even apart from a precise, verbal reconstruction of a text.


Research on Q has frequently been driven by questions addressing the legitimacy of the two-source hypothesis or by questions related to the reconstruction of this source. As such, Q scholarship has often viewed its tasks primarily through the lenses of source- and redaction-critical perspectives. The authors of this volume make a conscious effort to refocus, at least to a certain extent, discussions concerning Q from questions of reconstruction to narratival and metaphorical aspects of this text. Narrative elements such as space, time, characters, plot, etc. on the one hand, and metaphorical elements such as Bildfeldtradition, socio-historical aspects of the images employed, etc., on the other, can be recognized and examined even apart from a precise, verbal reconstruction of a text.

Introduction Ruben Zimmermann: Metaphorology and Narratology in Q Exegesis: Literary Methodology as an Aid to Understanding the Q Text
Metaphor in Q Daniel A. Smith: The Construction of a Metaphor: Reading Domestic Space in Q - Christopher Tuckett: Q and Family Ties - InHee Park: Children and Slaves: The Metaphors of Q - Sarah E. Rollens: Conceptualizing Justice in Q: Narrative and Context - Markus Tiwald: Die protreptische, konnotative und performative Valeur der Gerichts- und Abgrenzungsmetaphorik in der Logienquelle
Narrative in Q Harry T. Fleddermann: The Narrative of Jesus as the Narrative of God in Q - Michael Labahn: Was "Lücken" berichten: Exemplarische Beobachtungen zu narrativen "gaps" in Q - Detlev Dormeyer: Q 7,1.3.6b-9.?10? Der Hauptmann von Kafarnaum: Narrative Strategie mit Chrie, Wundergeschichte und Gleichnis - Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr.: "The Medium is the Message": What Q's Content Tells us about its Medium - Marco Frenschkowski: Nicht wie die Schriftgelehrten: Nichtschriftgelehrte Rezeption alttestamentlich-jüdischer Traditionen in der Logienquelle und im Koran
Parables in Q Paul Foster: The Q Parables: Their Extent and Function - John S. Kloppenborg: The Parable of the Burglar in Q: Insights from Papyrology - Erin K. Vearncombe: Searching for a Lost Coin: Papyrological Backgrounds for Q 15,8-10 - Christoph Heil: Was erzählt die Parabel vom anvertrauten Geld? Sozio-historische und theologische Aspekte von Q 19,12-26 - Dieter T. Roth: "Master" as Character in the Q Parables

  • Edited by Michael Labahn
  • Edited by Ruben Zimmermann
  • Edited by Dieter T. Roth