The thirty-fifth seating of the originals shelf, seven seats, the sources of the study of Q (Sigil and Cranes, Provenance), seated before drafting: the making of the hypothetical sayings source from Weisse to Streeter. Weisse, Die evangelische Geschichte (1838); Holtzmann, Die synoptischen Evangelien (1863); Wernle, Die synoptische Frage (1899), where the source is named Q; J. Weiss, Das älteste Evangelium (1903); Wellhausen, Einleitung in die drei ersten Evangelien (1905); Harnack, Sprüche und Reden Jesu (1907), the first printed text of Q; and Streeter, The Four Gospels (1924). Each held as the Internet Archive serves it, hashed, with its loci verified in the text layer.
EA-CORPORA-35 — The Thirty-Fifth Seating: The Making of Q — the Hypothetical Source from Weisse to Streeter, 1838–1925 (Weisse, Holtzmann, Wernle, J. Weiss, Wellhausen, Harnack, Streeter)
EA-CORPORA-35 — The Thirty-Fifth Seating: The Making of Q — the Hypothetical Source from Weisse to Streeter, 1838–1925 (Weisse, Holtzmann, Wernle, J. Weiss, Wellhausen, Harnack, Streeter)
EA-CORPORA-35 — The Thirty-Fifth Seating
The author asked for the seating on 2026-11-06: "so we need factual repairs versioned in place and the ea-corpora for q - lets do those as one bundle. we need ea-corpora before the q paper. and byline... lets say sigil and cranes. provenance"; the study it serves was opened at 10:31 the same morning: "we're coming for Q next".
The research occasion is the study of Q, working title "I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First", by Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes for Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics, not yet drafted. It is the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and J. Weiss by reference and records the generative position passing from extant gospel to reconstructed document. These seven seats hold the making of that document in the languages it was made in: Weisse reads a sayings collection out of Papias's λόγια (1838); Holtzmann letters the sources A and Λ (1863); Wernle names the sayings source Q and marks it hypothetical in the same sentence (1899); J. Weiss declares Mark's priority a result and no longer a hypothesis (1903); Wellhausen weighs Q against Mark (1905); Harnack prints a text of Q (1907); Streeter records Q "by general consent" and sets it among Mark, M and L (1924). The study's question is how a source that no manuscript carries came to stand in evidence beside books that exist, and these are the pages on which it came to stand.
Declared and not pursued (commons only): F. Schleiermacher's essay on the testimony of Papias (Theologische Studien und Kritiken, 1832), not located in an open text layer in session; K. Lachmann's essay on the order of the gospel narratives (1835) and C. G. Wilke's Der Urevangelist (1838), not sought in this round; A. Farrer, "On Dispensing with Q" (1955), J. S. Kloppenborg, The Formation of Q (1987), J. M. Robinson, P. Hoffmann and J. S. Kloppenborg, The Critical Edition of Q (2000), and M. Goodacre, The Case Against Q (2002), in copyright. The Archive's PDFs are held by reference at their Archive URLs.
Seat 35/01 — Weisse, Die evangelische Geschichte (1838)
Mark first, and the λόγια of Papias read as a collection of sayings: the two-source hypothesis stated
- C. H. Weisse, Die evangelische Geschichte, vol. I (Leipzig, 1838)
- C. H. Weisse, Die evangelische Geschichte, vol. II (Leipzig, 1838)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1838; Weisse died 1866.
- Verified locus: Weisse names the Papias witness — 'des Bifhofs Papias von Hierapolis'
- Verified locus: Weisse reads the Logia as a collection of sayings — 'Erläuterungen der Logia des Herren'
- Verified locus: Weisse: a collection only of speeches and sayings — 'eine Sammlung nur von Reden und Aus'
- Lines: 56,081 in 2 text files (2 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: Both volumes whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: The two-source hypothesis stated: Mark first, and a collection of sayings read out of Papias's λόγια as the second source of Matthew and Luke.
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/weisse-evangelische-geschichte-1838
Seat 35/02 — Holtzmann, Die synoptischen Evangelien (1863)
Quelle A (Urmarcus) and Λ, the sayings source, lettered as documents, and a life of Jesus drawn from source A
- H. J. Holtzmann, Die synoptischen Evangelien (Leipzig, 1863)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1863; Holtzmann died 1910.
- Verified locus: Holtzmann's table of contents: the reconstruction of source A, his narrative Urmarcus — 'AufsteUung der Quelle A'
- Verified locus: Holtzmann: a life of Jesus drawn from source A — 'Lebensbild Jesu nach der Quelle A'
- Verified locus: Holtzmann: the composition of Mark, source A (Urmarcus) — 'Quelle A (Urmarcus)'
- Verified locus: Holtzmann: the collection of sayings as a second foundation — 'Grundlage der Spruchsammlung'
- Lines: 28,989 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: The sources lettered: 'Quelle A (Urmarcus)' and Λ, the sayings source (the OCR reads the Λ as A or ^), given as documents; the life of Jesus drawn from them (#1741 §6.5, L54).
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/holtzmann-synoptische-evangelien-1863
Seat 35/03 — Wernle, Die synoptische Frage (1899)
The sayings source named Q, and hypothetical in the sentence that names it
- P. Wernle, Die synoptische Frage (Freiburg i. B., 1899)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1899; Wernle died 1939.
- Verified locus: Wernle names the source Q and calls it hypothetical — 'Die — hypothetische — Quelle sei mit Q bezeichnet.'
- Verified locus: Wernle: the apocalypse beneath Mark 13, reconstructed — 'zu Grunde liegende Apokalypse noch gekannt'
- Lines: 14,597 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: The source named Q: 'Die — hypothetische — Quelle sei mit Q bezeichnet' (#1741 §6.5, L55).
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/wernle-synoptische-frage-1899
Seat 35/04 — J. Weiss, Das älteste Evangelium (1903)
Mark's priority declared no longer a hypothesis; Mark no longer a source but a reservoir
- J. Weiss, Das älteste Evangelium (Göttingen, 1903)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1903; Johannes Weiss died 1914.
- Verified locus: J. Weiss: Mark the oldest gospel, no longer a hypothesis — 'dass unser zweites das älteste Evangelium sei, ist keine Hypo'
- Verified locus: J. Weiss: no longer a source, already a reservoir — 'nicht mehr Quelle, sondern schon Sammelbecken.'
- Lines: 20,488 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: Mark declared 'das älteste Evangelium', and 'nicht mehr Quelle, sondern schon Sammelbecken' (#1741 §6.5, L56).
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/weiss-alteste-evangelium-1903
Seat 35/05 — Wellhausen, Einleitung in die drei ersten Evangelien (1905)
Q weighed against Mark as a document with a date and a dependence
- J. Wellhausen, Einleitung in die drei ersten Evangelien (Berlin, 1905)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1905; Wellhausen died 1918.
- Verified locus: Wellhausen: the source one designates Q — 'Quelle, die man mit Q bezeichnet'
- Lines: 5,688 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: Q weighed against Mark by a philologist of the Hebrew Bible: the sayings source as a document with a date and a dependence.
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/wellhausen-einleitung-1905
Seat 35/06 — Harnack, Sprüche und Reden Jesu (1907)
The second source of Matthew and Luke given a printed text
- A. Harnack, Sprüche und Reden Jesu (Leipzig, 1907)
- Licence: Public domain everywhere: published 1907; Harnack died 1930.
- Verified locus: Harnack's subtitle: the second source of Matthew and Luke — 'DIE ZWEITE QUELLE DES MATTHÄUS UND LUKAS'
- Verified locus: Harnack: that one can establish the text of Q — 'Text von Q feststellen kann'
- Lines: 13,762 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: The hypothetical source given a printed text: Harnack's reconstruction of Q's wording, the first full text of the document no one has.
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/harnack-spruche-und-reden-1907
Seat 35/07 — Streeter, The Four Gospels (1924; impression of 1925)
Q by general consent, fixed among Mark, M and L in the four-document hypothesis
- B. H. Streeter, The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins (London, 1925 impression)
- Licence: Public domain in the United States (published 1924/1925, before 1929) and in the United Kingdom and the EU (Streeter died 1937).
- Verified locus: Streeter: the hypothetical source referred to by general consent as Q — 'hypothetical source is now by general consent referred to as'
- Verified locus: Streeter: the Four Document Hypothesis — 'The Four Document Hypothesis'
- Lines: 30,878 in 1 text file (1 works)
- Normalization: The Internet Archive's own text layer (_djvu.txt) as served, under original/<identifier>/, copied to text/<slug>.ocr.txt with line endings normalized. The PDF of each item is held by reference at its Archive URL and not copied. No text was corrected by hand; the loci keep the OCR's readings.
- Scope: The volume whole.
- Research: The study of Q opened 2026-11-06 (working title 'I Know You Are, But What Am I?: Or, How a Completely Hypothetical, Uninspectable Text Is Granted Evidentiary Status Symmetrical to One That Is Inspectable Because It Exists — Revelation First'; Johannes Sigil and Rebekah Cranes, Provenance: Journal of Forensic Semiotics), the companion of Secondary Source (#1741), whose §6.5 reads Holtzmann, Wernle and Weiss by reference.
- Why seated: The four-document hypothesis: Mark, Q, M and L, the hypothetical source fixed among three others.
- Files: the seat — source.json, MANIFEST.sha256. Shelf: traininglayerliterature.org/originals/streeter-four-gospels-1925
How the seats were made
Every seat was fetched in session and hashed into its MANIFEST.sha256, with a source.json recording edition, origin, licence, normalization, the loci verified in the text layer, and the research the seat was made for. The loci keep the OCR's readings, double spaces and long-s forms included; Holtzmann's Λ is read by the OCR as A or ^. The builders are under rebuild/corpora/ea-corpora-35/: gen_spec35.py writes the specs, add_loci35.py enters the loci (each asserted present in its text layer), build34.py from the thirty-fourth seating builds each seat, index_seats35.py enters the seats in the index, seat_axns35.py gives them their AXNs once deposited, and body35.py writes this body.