Jesus and the Village Scribes

by Arnal, William E.

• ISBN13: 9780800632601
• ISBN10: 0800632605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

Sets the early Jesus movement and Q within the context of the socio-economic crisis in Galilee.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Itinerant Preachers and the Didache	13	(10)
Harnack's Thesis	14	(4)
Harnack's World and Its Subtexts	18	(5)
The Sayings Tradition and Itinerant Preachers	23	(44)
Gerd Theissen	23	(6)
The Fate of Theissen's Hypothesis	29	(17)
Significant Criticisms, Tangents, and Alterations	46	(6)
The Cynic Tangent	52	(7)
Context and Cultural Significance	59	(8)
The Problem with Itinerant Preachers	67	(30)
Methodological Shortcomings	67	(3)
A Realistic Context?	70	(2)
Textual and Evidentiary Weaknesses	72	(1)
The Evidence of the Didache	73	(18)
Itinerancy in Q?	91	(4)
Conclusion	95	(2)
The Socioeconomics of Roman Galilee	97	(60)
A Socioeconomic Description	97	(5)
Village Occupations and Production	102	(13)
Trade, Travel, and Transport	115	(19)
Coinage, Monetization, Debt, and Taxes	134	(12)
The Cities and Urbanization	146	(4)
Social Effects on Galilean Village Life	150	(7)
Q's Rhetoric of Uprootedness	157	(48)
The Immediate Setting of Q	159	(6)
The Dating of Q	165	(3)
The Q People as Village Scribes	168	(4)
Travel in Q	172	(11)
The Rhetoric of Uprootedness in Q	183	(10)
The Social Project of the Q Tradents	193	(9)
Conclusions	202	(3)
Notes	205	(54)
Bibliography	259	(24)
Index	283