Originator: New Testament scholarship on the hypothetical source Q · outside the archive (out-universe) · topic · SPXI treatment: partial
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'CRITICAL EDITION OF Q', SIGNED OUT, 2026-11-06: 'The Critical Edition of Q is the standard scholarly reconstruction of the hypothetical Q source (the non-Markan material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke).' Editors (Robinson, Hoffmann, Kloppenborg; the International Q Project; Hermeneia Supplements, 2000); contents ('Features a critical Greek text, running text, multi-lingual translations (English, German, and French), parallel passages (Matthew, Luke, Mark, and the Gospel of Thomas), a concordance, and a history of Q research.'); formats (print, an English companion, 'as a searchable, tagged Greek module'); 'Scholarly Consensus: Most users on Reddit agree'. Nine cards, four of them shops.
Full record — 8,563 characters, 9 sources
Capture record
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Reading
The innocent reading first. Asked for the critical edition, the Overview describes the book accurately: its editors, its project, its publisher, its contents, its formats. It names its object as 'the hypothetical Q source' in the first sentence. Read against the archive's classes, the composition shows a reconstructed antecedent carrying every instrument of an extant text: a critical Greek text, an apparatus's parallels, translations, a concordance, a searchable morphological module; the one thing a critical edition ordinarily edits, its manuscripts, is the one thing the description does not mention.
Findings
- THE INSTRUMENTS OF A TEXT ON A HYPOTHESIS. 'Features a critical Greek text, running text, multi-lingual translations (English, German, and French), parallel passages (Matthew, Luke, Mark, and the Gospel of Thomas), a concordance, and a history of Q research.' A critical edition establishes a text from its witnesses; here the witnesses are Matthew and Luke, and the edited text is the hypothesis's content. The composition reports the apparatus and is silent on what it is an apparatus of.
- THE SEARCHABLE HYPOTHESIS. The card for the software module: 'For the first time ever, scholars can perform complex lexical, morphological and grammatical searches of' the reconstruction. Morphological search runs over a modern reconstruction's Greek as over a manuscript tradition's.
- CONSENSUS FROM A FORUM. 'Most users on Reddit agree that The Critical Edition of Q serves as the most widely accepted and reliable reconstruction'. The composition's warrant for scholarly standing is a forum thread.
- THE PURCHASE. The composition closes 'or do you need help finding a digital or print copy to purchase?', and four of its citations are shopping results. The hypothetical text is offered as a product in three formats.
- WHAT IS ACCURATE. The editors, the project, the publishers, the date and the contents are the book's; 'hypothetical' is in the first sentence.
- SMALLEST REPAIR. 'The Critical Edition of Q (2000) reconstructs a Greek text of the hypothetical source Q from Matthew and Luke; no manuscript of Q exists, so its readings are editorial decisions about the two gospels.' COUNTERTEST: 'q source evidence'.
Analysis analyst prose, not machine text
A modern reconstruction composed at the grain of its publisher's description: editors named, the reconstructed text given the full apparatus of an edition. The loss is the class of the object the apparatus serves.
Machine text, verbatim
CAPTURE-TIME VERBATIM RECORD — paste of the expanded Overview with its numbered citations and its source cards · complete as supplied · READ IN FULL 2026-11-06, against #1741, #1735 and the cards' own titles and snippets
[Google AI Overview at the query, expanded ('AI Mode Conversation' is the expansion's header), signed out and incognito (operator defaults of 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-14). Received 2026-11-06 10:50 EST. The numbered citation links are Google redirects, kept in the raw transcript; the source cards listed in the cite list as pasted.]
[QUERENT] critical edition of q
[SYSTEM] [The Critical Edition of Q](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=%2Fg%2F12bm2ctdf&q=The+Critical+Edition+of+Q) is the standard scholarly reconstruction of the hypothetical Q source (the non-Markan material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke). [[1], [2]]
Key Details
* Editors & Project: Published in November 2000 by Fortress Press and Peeters Publishers as the first volume of Hermeneia Supplements, it was produced through years of work by the International Q Project, co-edited by James M. Robinson, Paul Hoffmann, and John S. Kloppenborg. [[1], [2], [3]]
* Contents: Features a critical Greek text, running text, multi-lingual translations (English, German, and French), parallel passages (Matthew, Luke, Mark, and the Gospel of Thomas), a concordance, and a history of Q research. [[1], [2], [3]]
* Formats & Editions: Available in print, as a compact English-only companion via Revolution Books Berkeley (`The Sayings of Jesus: The Sayings Gospel Q in English`), and as a searchable, tagged Greek module through software like [Accordance Bible Software](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESewHEIkXX7tehxrbyVGzMuYn8Qn7H3i8uL7lv4rhjVu9oAz067_BQt-2C1F2rFGenjaNSTGd-sT8JE9XmxoIkpCsol8sdSZct8fFdhTpHH__By06lEAoU9IqexsqA20ZxCdzKE2blAuZBEj3JTsql0AXZ__52OSEshO0mWA) or [Verbum](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESdwHEIkXXpzUyOYPRxhdZYJjSfOEmoIIO0W7BJ5Dris0JNhwaUKszLF-06PDh1kHp3TzrAkEP0MBHrnRCrusfD2oeeKFYu2psFDg900sioCBaIdgO8Xn9c6PeZde-XTpXgY7ePtVmErkWxxH4xydDWZd3sHVCwlmn). [[1], [2], [3], [4]]
* Scholarly Consensus: Most users on [Reddit](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESpwEBxCJF12IPj2I_og0Q-WnwMDbfbbClZesbdIj9aajbYKVSUpPLHsM6Pa_SSMsCg-dpfal8bxchAQHV2HUdeZ6-UmeHfGVkdL3-GiOaoZpy0XuLdh85Dvq60yYmksvaKfM9o0-I4DNrSq682BbGxiyLX8cXRwkOTyhfkxeZtopSdzjuVhyRy-CP1ge9PsnIgAitQ8wYcV-g37R4Rh74AnJeSmRacyU7GQ) agree that The Critical Edition of Q serves as the most widely accepted and reliable reconstruction for academic study of the sayings gospel. [[1], [2]]
Are you looking for a specific passage or saying from Q, or do you need help finding a digital or print copy to purchase?
Amazon.com
Sources (9) as cited, and as the copy produced them
Amazon.com third_party
The Critical Edition of Q (Hermeneia): Hoffmann, Paul, Kloppenborg, John S., Robinson, James M.: 9780800631499: Amazon.com: Books
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Reddit third_party
Are there any somewhat reliable reconstructions of Q? - Reddit
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as pastedAre there any somewhat reliable reconstructions of Q? - Reddit
Q Reconstructions: Several scholarly reconstructions of Q are available, including works by James M. Robinson, John S. Kloppenborg, and Burton Mack, with promin...
Project MUSE
Project MUSE third_party
The Critical Edition of Q - Project MUSE
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as pastedThe Critical Edition of Q - Project MUSE
The Critical Edition of Q Book By Paul Hoffmann and John S. Kloppenborg 2016 Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Series: Hermeneia: A Critical and Histor...
Scribd
Scribd third_party
The Critical Edition of Q - A Synopsis Including The Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Mark and Thomas - Hermeneia Series | PDF | Exegesis | Bible
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as pastedThe Critical Edition of Q - A Synopsis Including The Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Mark and Thomas - Hermeneia Series | PDF | Exegesis | Bible
Critical Edition of Q: A synopsis of Matthew, Luke, Mark, and Thomas featuring English, German, and French translations of Q and Thomas. Edited by James M. Robi...
Fortress Press
The Critical Edition of Q
A major new resource on the text and traditions of the Sayings Gospel. The Q material consists mainly of sayings of Jesus, but begins with some sayings of John ...
Verbum Catholic Bible Study
Fortress Press third_party
The Critical Edition of Q
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Verbum Catholic Bible Study third_party
The Critical Edition of Q (Hermeneia Supplements)
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as pastedThe Critical Edition of Q (Hermeneia Supplements)
Overview The existence of Q (simply defined as the non-Markan material common to Matthew and Luke) as a document in the earliest churches was first hypothesized...
Google
Google third_party
The Sayings of Jesus: The Sayings Gospel Q in English - Paperback
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as pastedThe Sayings of Jesus: The Sayings Gospel Q in English - Paperback
About the Book Taking the English text from the International Q Project's authoritative "The Critical Edition of Q", this compact volume presents the Sayings Go...
Google
Critical Edition of Q
The Critical Edition of Q, as a searchable Greek text. For the first time ever, scholars can perform complex lexical, morphological and grammatical searches of ...
Google
Google third_party
Critical Edition of Q
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as pastedCritical Edition of Q (Hermeneia): Hoffmann, Paul, Kloppenborg, John S., Robinson, James M.: 9780800631499: Amazon.com: Books
Publication: The Critical Edition of Q (Hermeneia), Part of Hermeneia Supplements; ISBN-13: 978-0800631499; Publisher: Fortress Press and Peeters Publishers; Pu...
Reddit
Google third_party
The Critical Edition of Q : A Synopsis Including The Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Mark and Thomas with English, German and French Translations of Q
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as pastedThe Critical Edition of Q : A Synopsis Including The Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Mark and Thomas with English, German and French Translations of Q
The existence of Q (simply defined as the non-Markan material common to Matthew and Luke) as a document in the earliest churches was first hypothesized by C. H.