200401

Parents

Video ID's Centre Place

Children

1838 CE Christian Hermann Weisse proposes the Two-Source Hypothesis (Mark + Quelle).
30 CE Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth under Pontius Pilate in Roman Judea.
50–60 CE Apostle Paul composes authentic Greek epistles; earliest surviving Christian literature.
50–70 CE Composition of the hypothetical sayings gospel Q in Galilean/Syrian Jesus communities.
70 CE Composition of the Gospel of Mark during the First Jewish-Roman War.
80–90 CE Independent composition of Matthew and Luke, incorporating Mark and Q.
Antioch (Syria / Antakya, Turkey)
Antioch (Syria / Antakya, Turkey) Major early bilingual Christian hub proposed as a possible provenance for Q's Greek compilation.
April 1, 2020 John Hamer presents the livestreamed lecture 'The Lost Gospel Q' at Toronto Centre Place.
Aramaic (ܐܪܡܝܐ / אֲרָמִית) Northwest Semitic vernacular spoken by Jesus and his Galilean disciples
Capernaum (Galilee, Israel) Fishing village on the Sea of Galilee featured in Q (Q 10:15) as one of the unrepentant towns condemned to descend to Hades.
Christian Hermann Weisse (1801–1866) German philosopher and theologian who originated the Two-Source Hypothesis in 1838.
December 1945 Discovery of the Nag Hammadi library in Egypt, recovering the Gospel of Thomas.
Didache (Διδαχή) Teaching'; short title for The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
Double Tradition Material (approx. 200–230 verses) shared by Matthew and Luke that does not appear in Mark.
Doublet Two parallel versions of the same core saying appearing within the same gospel text.
Doublets in the Gospels Comparison Table
Doublets in the Gospels Comparison Table Matrix contrasting duplicate sayings in Matthew and Luke to demonstrate literary reliance on two distinct sources.
Evangelion (Εὐαγγέλιον) Good News' or 'Gospel'; original Greek title for Christian proclamation
Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel John S. Kloppenborg (2000)
Form Criticism Method of biblical criticism classifying units of scripture by literary pattern and tracing them to their original setting in life (Sitz im Leben).
Galilean Upstarts: A Galilean Profile of Jesus' Followers Leif E. Vaage (1994)
Galilee (Northern Israel)
Galilee (Northern Israel) Rural agricultural homeland of Jesus and the social setting of the earliest Q1 sayings.
Helmut Koester (1926–2016) Harvard scholar who championed the early independent trajectory of sayings traditions in Thomas and Q.
Infancy Gospel of Thomas Anonymous (c. 2nd c. CE; fanciful childhood miracles)
Jerusalem (Judea) Capital city where Jesus was crucified and lament over which forms a major Q2 prophecy.
Jesus' First Followers According to Q
Jesus' First Followers According to Q Focused examination of the community life, ethics, and theology of the earliest Q followers.
John 12:25 (Duplicate)
John 12:25 Johannine variant: "Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
John 2:13–22
John Hamer Historian, cartographer, theologian, and pastor of Toronto Centre Place.
John S. Kloppenborg Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto; world's foremost authority on Q stratigraphy and author of Excavating Q.
Kloppenborg's Q Stratigraphy Diagram
Kloppenborg's Q Stratigraphy Diagram Visual breakdown of Q into Q1 (Sapiential Wisdom), Q2 (Apocalyptic Judgment), and Q3 (Temptation Narrative).
Koine Greek (Κοινή) The common Hellenistic Greek dialect in which all surviving early Christian texts were written
Leandro Palacios Producer, technical coordinator, and chat moderator at Toronto Centre Place.
Leif E. Vaage Professor of New Testament at Emmanuel College, Toronto; author of Galilean Upstarts.
Literary Stratigraphy Analytical dissection of literary layers within an ancient text to uncover chronological stages of composition.
Literary Stratigraphy Analytical dissection of literary layers within an ancient text to uncover chronological stages of composition.
Logion (plural: Logia / Λόγια) Oracle', 'divine saying', or 'aphorism' of Jesus
Lost Christianities
Lost Christianities Comprehensive survey of competing early Christian movements (Proto-Orthodox, Gnostics, Ebionites, Marcionites).
Luke 10:13–15
Luke 10:18 (Q)
Luke 10:18 (Satan Fall)
Luke 10:18 Jesus declaring: "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning."
Luke 10:2–12 / Matthew 9:37–10:16
Luke 10:2–12 / Matthew 9:37–10:16 (Mission Discourse)
Luke 10:2–12 / Matthew 9:37–10:16 The Mission Discourse commanding itinerant disciples to carry no purse, no bag, and no sandals.
Luke 11:2–4
Luke 11:2–4 / Matthew 6:9–13
Luke 11:2–4 / Matthew 6:9–13 (Lord's Prayer)
Luke 11:2–4 / Matthew 6:9–13 The Lord's Prayer; core liturgical prayer transmitted in Q.
Luke 12:22–31 / Matthew 6:25–34
Luke 12:22–31 / Matthew 6:25–34
Luke 12:22–31 / Matthew 6:25–34 "Consider the ravens... consider the lilies"; core Q1 exhortation against anxiety regarding food and clothing.
Luke 13:30 (Duplicate)
Luke 13:30 Lucan doublet of the first and last saying derived from Q.
Luke 4:1–13
Luke 6:20–49
Luke 6:20–49 / Matthew 5–7
Luke 6:20–49 / Matthew 5–7 (Q1)
Luke 6:20–49 / Matthew 5–7 The Inaugural Sermon (Sermon on the Mount / Sermon on the Plain); primary core of the formative Q1 wisdom stratum.
Mark 10:31
Mark 10:31; Matthew 19:30; 20:16 "Many who are first will be last, and the last first"; synoptic doublet demonstrating Matthew's independent use of Mark and Q.
Mark 13:14
Mark 4:35–41
Mark 8:35
Mark 8:35; Matthew 16:25; Luke 9:24 The Markan version of losing life to save it, repeated in Matthew and Luke.
Mark Goodacre New Testament scholar at Duke University; leading modern critic of Q who defends the Farrer Hypothesis.
Markan Priority The scholarly consensus that the Gospel of Mark was the earliest narrative gospel and served as a primary source for Matthew and Luke.
Matthew 10:39
Matthew 10:39; Luke 17:33 The Q doublet version of losing life to preserve it, preserved independently in Matthew's and Luke's special discourses.
Matthew 8:5–13
Nag Hammadi (Upper Egypt)
Nag Hammadi (Upper Egypt) Site of the December 1945 discovery of 13 leatherbound Coptic codices, preserving the complete text of the Gospel of Thomas and validating the non-narrative sayings gospel genre.
Nag Hammadi (Upper Egypt) Site where the complete Coptic text of the Gospel of Thomas was unearthed in 1945.
Non-Retaliation Ethic
Non-Retaliation Ethic Radical moral mandate to love enemies, turn the other cheek, and lend without expectation of return.
Orality vs. Textuality The transition from dynamic, living oral speech to fixed, authoritative written canonical dogma.
Oxyrhynchus (Egypt)
Oxyrhynchus (Egypt) Ancient city whose papyrus waste mounds preserved 2nd-century Greek fragments of Thomas.
Oxyrhynchus (Egypt) Ancient municipal dumps yielding Greek papyrus fragments of the Gospel of Thomas (P.Oxy. 1, 654, 655), confirming Greek sayings collections circulating in the Roman world.
Photograph of Nag Hammadi Codex II Binding
Photograph of Nag Hammadi Codex II Binding Image of the leatherbound papyrus codex containing the Gospel of Thomas.
Protevangelium of James Anonymous (c. mid-2nd c. CE; Mary's birth and virginity)
Q: The Earliest Gospel John S. Kloppenborg (2008)
Quelle (Q Source) German noun meaning 'source'; technical designation for the hypothetical synoptic sayings source.
Quelle Source'; German designation for the lost sayings gospel Q
Qumran Caves (Dead Sea, West Bank) Desert caves preserving the Dead Sea Scrolls; provides comparative evidence for sectarian Jewish scribalism and community rule collections.
Radical Cynic-Like Itinerancy
Radical Cynic-Like Itinerancy Sociological lifestyle of voluntary mendicancy, wandering without bag or money, challenging social conventions.
Realized Divine Providence
Realized Divine Providence The conviction that the Creator cares intimately for creation, liberating humans from economic anxiety.
Redaction Criticism The method of textual analysis examining how biblical authors edited and reshaped their sources.
Revelation 4:6–8
Sages against Prophets and Priests
Sages against Prophets and Priests Examines the historical divergence between wisdom sages (sapiential literature) and temple priests/prophets.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE) Latin Church Father who proposed the traditional order of gospels (Matthew first, Mark summarizing Matthew).
Sapiential Wisdom vs. Apocalypticism
Sapiential Wisdom vs. Apocalypticism The contrast between timeless, present-tense ethical guidance (Q1) and futuristic cosmic judgment (Q2).
Sepphoris (Galilee, Israel) Major Romanized Hellenistic administrative city near Nazareth; context for Galilean socioeconomic tensions reflected in Q1's radical agrarian wisdom.
Source Criticism The literary investigation identifying written sources utilized by authors in compiling composite texts.
Special Luke (L) Material unique to the Gospel of Luke (e.g., Parable of the Good Samaritan, Prodigal Son, Walk to Emmaus).
Special Matthew (M) Material unique to the Gospel of Matthew (e.g., the visit of the Magi, Parable of the Ten Virgins).
Synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke; so called because their shared structure allows them to be 'seen together'.
Synoptic Problem The literary-critical investigation into the verbatim agreements, structure, and origins of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Synoptic Problem Two-Source Hypothesis Diagram
Synoptic Problem Two-Source Hypothesis Diagram Flowchart illustrating Mark and Q feeding independently into Matthew and Luke, alongside Special M and L.
Synoptikos (Συνοπτικός) Seeing together'; root of Synoptic Gospels
Textual Criticism of Synoptic Variants The scientific collation and statistical comparison of Greek manuscript readings across the Synoptic Gospels.
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) Anonymous Early Christian Scribes (c. late 1st c. CE)
The Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Thomas Detailed analysis of the Nag Hammadi sayings gospel validating the genre of non-narrative logia collections.
The Gospel of Thomas Didymos Judas Thomas (Nag Hammadi Codex II)
The Iliad & The Odyssey Homer (ancient Greek oral epic poetry)
The Quran Traditional Islamic sacred text composed in oral rhythmic Arabic
Timeline of Early Christian Literature (30–100 CE) Chronological chart mapping historical Jesus, Paul's epistles, Q, Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John.
Timeline of Early Christian Literature (30–100 CE)
Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Headquarters of Toronto Centre Place and University of Toronto, home of major Q research.
Triple Tradition Material common to all three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke), based on Markan Priority.
Two-Source Hypothesis The consensus model asserting Matthew and Luke independently drew upon Mark and the sayings source Q.
Who Wrote the Gospels?
Who Wrote the Gospels? Investigates the anonymous Greek authorship and late 1st-century composition of the canonical gospels.

Made with TheBrain