Q in Context

Part I: The Separation of Just and Unjust in Early Judaism and the Sayings-Source - A New Look at the 'Parting of the Ways'

edited by Markus Tiwald

Book cover: Q in Context

Extent: 275 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Bonner Biblische Beitrage

Series volume number: 172

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2015)

ISBN: 9783847103226

Price: $72.00

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The “Parting of the Ways” between Jews and Christians has only recently been extended to the question as to whether the Gospel Source Q still has to be considered “Jewish”. Especially the question of polemics seems to be crucial: Does the polemical language in Q indicate a past rupture between Q-people and Jews? Apocalyptic groups in early Judaism adopted a very polemical language of judgement, exclusion and condemnation of rival Jewish competitors and highlight the conception of the eschatological damnation of a part of Israel.


The “Parting of the Ways” between Jews and Christians has only recently been extended to the question as to whether the Gospel Source Q still has to be considered “Jewish”. Especially the question of polemics seems to be crucial: Does the polemical language in Q indicate a past rupture between Q-people and Jews? Apocalyptic groups in early Judaism adopted a very polemical language of judgement, exclusion and condemnation of rival Jewish competitors and highlight the conception of the eschatological damnation of a part of Israel. Thus, polemics in Q could also be interpreted as an inner-Jewish struggle for the true apocalyptic interpretation of the Torah rather than as an already completed “Parting of the Ways”.

  • Edited by Markus Tiwald