Jesus: According to the Earliest Witness

by James M. Robinson

Who was Jesus, really? In these pages Robinson, one of thepremier scholars of the New Testament and the Sayings GospelQ, asks what we can know of Jesus from what many believe wasthe earliest written source behind the Gospels. Surprising insightsabound and the author includes an autobiographical essay chartingthe important currents in New Testament scholarship over the lastfifty years. The book also includes a translation of Q.

258 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2007

About the author

James McConkey Robinson (born June 30, 1924) is Professor Emeritus of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. He is a member of the Jesus Seminar and arguably the most prominent Q and Nag Hammadi library scholar of the 20th century. He is also a major contributor to The International Q Project, acting as an editor for most of their publications. Particularly, he laid the ground for John S. Kloppenborg's foundational work into the compositional history of Q, by arguing its genre as an ancient wisdom collection.