Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus Movement : The Ideological Project in the Sayings Gospel Q
Sarah E. Rollens
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Tübingen : : Mohr Siebeck, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (241 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Peasantry in Christian Origins: On the Origins and Utility of a Scholarly Category; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historical Origins of Peasant Studies; 2.2.1 Peasantry as a Socio-Economic Type; 2.2.2 Peasantry as a Cultural Type; 2.3 Impact on Christian Origins; 2.3.1 Social Stratification in Graeco-Roman Antiquity; 2.3.2 Douglas E. Oakman; 2.3.3 Richard A. Horsley; 2.4 Scholarly Resistance to the Term; 2.5 Evaluation; 2.6 The Utility of Peasantry as an Analytical Concept. - 2.7 Conclusion and Relevance to the Current Project3. The Sociology of the Middle in Antiquity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Note on Comparison; 3.3 A Note on Terminology ; 3.3.1 Conceptualizing the Middle in Antiquity; 3.4 Characteristics of Middling Figures; 3.4.1 Structural Marginality; 3.4.2 Creativity and Innovation; 3.4.3 The Capacity to Articulate Class Concerns and Facilitate Social Movements; 3.5 Ambiguity: Advocates, Allies, or Manipulators?; 3.6 Cautions; 3.7 Conclusion; 4. The Problem of Q; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Q as a Written Document; 4.3 Q as a Greek Text; 4.4 The Date of Q. - 4.5 The Geographical Provenance of Q4.6 Conclusion; 5. Recent Perspectives on the "Q People"; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Prophetic Performers; 5.3 Village Scribes; 5.3.1 Scribes in Antiquity; 5.3.2 Structural Relationship to Peasants; 5.4 Conclusion; 6. The Ideological Project in Q; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Peasant Concerns in Q? ; 6.2.1 Q 6:20b-23; 6.2.2 Q 11:2b-4, 9-13; 6.2.3 Q 12:22b-31; 6.2.4 Other Purported Peasant Concerns; 6.3 Q's Authors and Structural Marginality; 6.3.1 Marginality Evident through Q's Redaction; 6.3.2 Other Evidence of Marginality in Q; 6.4 Creativity and Innovation in Q. - 6.5 Articulating "Class" Concerns6.5.1 Q's Audience; 6.5.2 The Kingdom of God in Q: The Crux of Q?; 6.5.3 The Maintenance of Marginality and the Kingdom in Q; 6.5.4 Excursus: The Failure of the Kingdom?; 6.6 Ambiguity in Q; 6.7 Summary and Conclusions; 7. Conclusion: Implications for the Galilean Jesus Movement; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Subjects. - 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 to be a product of a peasant milieu. Even so, Q does not appear to be the product of elites either, for the text is rife with tropes of social an
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| ISBN | 9783161531200
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