Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus Movement: The Ideological Project in the Sayings Gospel Q

by Sarah E. Rollens

Although it has become increasingly popular to understand the earliest rural Jesus movement as emerging from a peasant milieu, proponents of this model have not yet taken the time to explore the ramifications for a highly stylized written document being the earliest evidence for this movement. On the contrary, the Sayings Gospel Q, a sophisticated literary text having affinities with other ancient literature and even documentary papyri, does not seem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161531205
• ISBN13: 9783161531200
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"