SBL Q Section

At the annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Q Section offers a forum for research on the Sayings Gospel Q, a hypothetically reconstructed source of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Q provides access to earliest Jesus tradition and to the theology and social history of Jewish Christianity.

Q Section

For your questions and comments, please contact Sarah Parks or Giovanni B. Bazzana.

Programs of the Q Section sessions at the Annual Meetings since 1996

In 1983 the SBL established a Q Seminar (until 1989). In 1990 this was transformed into a Q Section, which finished its first six-year term in 1995.

The SBL Q Section is closely related to the International Q Project. The IQP's reconstruction of Q has been published in The Critical Edition of Q.

A comprehensive and detailed statement of arguments for this reconstruction can be found in the ongoing series Documenta Q.

In connection with the SBL Q Section, David M. Scholer prepares a Q Bibliography: The Twentieth Century. See the latest provisional installments:

Q Bibliography Supplement VII: 1996, in: SBLSP 35 (1996) 1-7.
Q Bibliography Supplement VIII: 1997, in: SBLSP 36 (1997) 750-756.
Q Bibliography Supplement IX: 1998, in: SBLSP 37 (1998) 1005-1012.

Steering Committee of the Q Section

Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. (Co-Chair)
Harry T. Fleddermann, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Steven R. Johnson, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA, U.S.A.
Alan Kirk, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Sara Parks, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (Co-Chair)
Sarah E. Rollens, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Daniel A. Smith, Huron University College, London, Ont., Canada
Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Former Chairs

1996-1998	Eugene Boring, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University and Shawn Carruth, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
1999–2000	Ronald A. Piper, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
2001–2003	Christoph Heil, Universität Graz, Austria
2004–2006	Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, Drew University Theological School
2007–2009	Joseph Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh
2010–2012	Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh and Christoph Heil, Universität Graz, Austria
2013	Christoph Heil, Universität Graz, Austria and Daniel A. Smith, Huron University College, London, Ont., Canada
2014–2016	Daniel A. Smith, Huron University College, London, Ont., Canada and Alan Kirk, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
2017–2018	Daniel A. Smith, Huron University College, London, Ont., Canada and Sarah E. Rollens, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2019–2023	Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA and Sarah E. Rollens, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN