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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. - Claremont) under the title: Q, the Essenes, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: a study in Christian origins.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-238) and indexes.
Introduction and methodology -- Reconstructing Q -- Qumran, the Essenes, and the Dead Sea scrolls -- Q, John the Baptist, and Jesus -- The eschatological wisdom of the Beatitudes -- "The one who is to come" -- Conclusion.
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Is Q a Galilean text representing a non-messianic and non-apocalyptic Galilean branch of the early Jesus movement? Simon J. Joseph proposes a new working model for understanding the Jewish ethnicity, community, provenance, and compositional traits in Q - the earliest and most reliable source for the Palestinian Jewish Jesus movement.