Whoever Hears You Hears Me Prophets,

Here is a challenge to New Testament scholars to engage in a fresh analysis of Q. The authors argue that recent American study of Q has been dominated by those trained in form-criticism and oriented to Hellenistic rather than Judean culture, resulting in

Abbreviations

x

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(310)

Richard A. Horsley

Questioning Inappropriate Assumptions and Concepts for a Clearer View of Q

2

(3)

Toward an Understanding of Oral Communication and of Q as Oral-Derived Literature

5

(6)

The Sequence of Chapters on Q Discourses

11

(1)

A Note on the Presentation of Q Discourses

12

(3)

The Teachings of Jesus and Liberal Individualism

15

(14)

Richard A. Horsley

Aphorism and Individualism

15

(3)

The Reductionist Hermenutics of Modern Liberalism

18

(4)

Harnack's Different Reading of Q

22

(7)

Wandering Charismatics and Scholarly Circularities

29

(17)

Jonathan A. Draper

The Theory of Religious Role Adoption and Its Implications

30

(4)

Weber's Charisma and Theissen's Wandering Charismatics

34

(6)

Apostles and Prophets in the Didache

40

(4)

Weber and the Didache vs. Theissen's Wandering Charismatics

44

(2)

The Historical Context of Q

46

(15)

Richard A. Horsley

A Brief History of Galilee

48

(4)

Social Forms and Power Relations in Galilee and Roman Palestine

52

(9)

The Contours of Q

61

(33)

Richard A. Horsley

The Quest for Control of Q: Of Theology and Stratigraphy

61

(22)

Q as a Sequence of Discourses

83

(11)

Israelite Traditions in Q

94

(29)

Richard A. Horsley

Survey of Q Discourses and Israelite Traditions

95

(3)

Great/Official vs. Little/Popular Tradition

98

(6)

Contested Israelite Traditions in Q

104

(19)

The Oral Communication Environment of Q

123

(27)

Richard A. Horsley

Limited Literacy in Western Antiquity

125

(3)

Uses of Writing in Relation to Oral Communication

128

(7)

Manuscripts and Oral Communication in Judea and Galilee

135

(9)

Implications for Q

144

(6)

Recent Studies of Oral-Derived Literature and Q

150

(25)

Richard A. Horsley

Recognition of Orality in the Synoptic Tradition, Q, and Mark

151

(9)

Immanent Art and Ethnopoetics

160

(6)

The Theory of Verbal Art and Q

166

(9)

Recovering Oral Performance from Written Text in Q

175

(20)

Jonathan A. Draper

Toward a Model of Oral Communication

175

(8)

Oral Communication Surviving in the Written Medium

183

(3)

Toward Hearing Q Discourses in Measured Verse

186

(3)

Application of the Model: Q 12:49-59 in Measured Verse

189

(6)

The Covenant Renewal Discourse: Q 6:20-49

195

(33)

Richard A. Horsley

The Coherence and Covenantal Character of the Discourse

195

(6)

The Continuing Importance of Covenantal Patterns and Teaching

201

(8)

The ``Text'' of Q 6:20-49

209

(7)

Q 6:20-49 as a Covenant Renewal Discourse

216

(9)

Convenant Renewal in the Popular Tradition vs. Sapiential Covenantal Teaching

225

(3)

Prophetic Envoys for the Renewal of Israel: Q 9:57-10:16

228

(22)

Richard A. Horsley

Toward Contextual Interpretation

228

(6)

The Text of the Mission Discourse in Oral Performance

234

(3)

Metonymic Referencing and Resonance in the Mission Discourse

237

(11)

Function of the Mission Discourse in the Communities of the Q Movement

248

(2)

The Announcement and Testing of the Prophet

250

(10)

Jonathan A. Draper

The Announcement of the Prophet: Q 3:7-9, 16-17, 21-22

251

(3)

The Testing of the Prophet: Q 4:1-13

254

(4)

The Sequence of Discourses

258

(2)

The Kingdom of God as the Renewal of Israel

260

(17)

Richard A. Horsley

Other Q Discourses Addressed to the Life of the Renewal Movement

261

(9)

Q Discourses Addressed to Communities of a Movement under Attack

270

(5)

Q Discourses That Sanction Discipline and Solidarity in the Communities

275

(2)

The Renewal of Israel Over Against Its Rulers

277

(15)

Richard A. Horsley

Against the Jerusalem Rulers: Q 13:29-28, 34-35 + 14:16-24

279

(6)

The Prophetic Woes against the Pharisees and Scribes: Q 11:39-52

285

(7)

The Renewal Movement and the Prophet Performers of Q

292

(19)

Richard A. Horsley

Shift in Assumption (Oral vs. Written) Requires Shift in Approach

292

(3)

The Renewal Movement Evident in Q Discourses

295

(5)

Prophetic Performers of the Q Discourses

300

(11)

Index of References

311

(11)

General Index

322

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