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TRADITION VS SCHOLARSHIP

"Scholars have proven that a lost sayings source, called Q, lies behind Matthew and Luke." Agree or disagree?

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The answer

Disagree. Q (from German Quelle, "source") is a reconstruction to explain the roughly 230 verses Matthew and Luke share but Mark lacks. No copy has ever been found, and a serious minority — following the Farrer hypothesis — argue Luke simply used Matthew, so no Q is needed.

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Why it’s interesting

Q is one of the most influential documents that may never have existed. Whole books reconstruct its wording; other scholars think it solves a problem that has a simpler answer.

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