What happened to the other Gospel? - A blog about Chapter Three.

The thesis in this chapter is; "The importance of Q lies not in any new material but rather in the distinctive manner in which it frames and presents it sayings and story." In this chapter Kloppenborg talks about how Karl Schwarzschild discovering the black hole and how that parallels the Q theory (Aside One). In how it was a major breakthrough to the scientific community that black hole's exist and helps clarify the mysteries of the universe. Is Q the biblical equivalent of Schwarzschild's understanding of the black hole. I am going to say "maybe," for me it is still a theory, I am going to have to wait until the end of the semester to give a definite answer.

A Rural, Judean Gospel

In this section, Kloppenborg talks about how Q is most likely a gospel, and that in Q's Gospel is that it does not have a continuous account of the empty tomb, like Mark has. In fact Kloppenborg states that Q's Gospel is closer to The Gospel According to Thomas, than Marks. I am not really familiar with the Gospel According to Thomas, since it is not in the Bible's Cannon.

Also, this created question for me: What is the percentage of Christians that has read any Gospel that is not in the Bible's Cannon? My guess is less than five percent. Since we are not really studying John's Gospel, maybe instead is to look in to non-cannon Gospels, like Thomas's to see a in depth view of Q. I also find it interesting that Kloppenborg discussion of Q is from cannon Gospels.
Yet the point of the section is that Q's Gospel shows more of the rural Jewish traditions. Though the use of symbolic cities and use of private spaces in Q's stories.

Miracles and the Kingdom of God.

In this section Kloppenborg, thinks that Q and Mark try to answer the question of "Who is Jesus" by using the use of miracles in their gospels. Q uses a miracle that Jesus' opponents witness an exorcism. This miracle shows the true was to the kingdom of God.

Kloppenborg really wants to show that in Q's Gospel that Jesus fate is integral to his identity (79). Also that, Jesus death follows more on a Deuteronomistic vision of the prophet's death. Than an full glory based story that is in the Gospels. Since Thomas' Gospel shows a Deuteronomistic vision, it is highly probable that in Q is as the same structure of the death of Jesus.

Since we were asked to reduce the amount of word that we use in our blog post by 250 words, I will stop here. Although this weekend, there is a very high chance that I will do a Part 2 of the two chapters that we were ask to read. Due to the fact I am unable to talk about one of Kloppenborg major points in this chapter, the death of Jesus.

Aside One: To learn more about black holes click this link: http://www.sixtysymbols.com/videos/043.htm