Conflict and Invention: Literary, Rhetorical, and Social Studies on the Sayings Gospel Q

by John S. Kloppenborg (Editor)

The contributions to this volume are by participants in the Society of Biblical Literature's "Q Seminar" and "Q Section." Conflict and Invention therefore consists of seminal studies of compositional and literary-critical issues related to the earliest extensive collection of Jesus' sayings known as Q, and the question of the social-historical location of Q. The studies are grouped according to three (1) the social map of Q, (2) the composition an rhetoric of Q's inaugural sermon, and (3) John the Baptist in Q.

245 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

John S. Kloppenborg is university professor and chair of the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. A specialist in Christian origins, he has written extensively on the Synoptic Sayings Gospel (Q) and the parables of Jesus.