controversy
Q source
Also known as Quelle, Sayings Gospel Q
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Hypothetical sayings source behind material shared by Matthew and Luke; widely used but challenged by Goodacre and others.
Wikipedia extract
The Q source (also called the Sayings Gospel, Q Gospel, Q document(s), or Q; from German: Quelle, meaning "source") is a hypothesized written collection of primarily Jesus' sayings (λόγια, logia). Q is part of the common material found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but not in the Gospel of Mark. According to this hypothesis, this material was drawn from the early Church's oral gospel traditions.
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- Q source · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q111065 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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Related
- Synoptic problem · controversy
- The Case Against Q · book
- Mark Goodacre · scholar
- Burton L. Mack · scholar
modern-scholarly-debate · gospels