研究非正典福音書的麥提遜(Mark M. Mattison)把《Q》翻譯為英語,說﹕「由於Q的手稿都無法從古代留下來 ,因此翻譯是基於“Q鑒定經文”(The Critical Edition of Q)中的希臘文。」[5] 原來,《Q》的文本是「由國際聖經文學協會(Society of Biblical Literature)的“Q項目”重建的。」[6]
重建後,《Q》共有22章。[7] 下面是一些樣本﹕
4:3魔鬼對他說,你若是神的兒子,就吩咐這塊石頭成餅。
[1] 請參考﹕”Q Source,” Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_source);“Q Document,” New World Encyclopedia (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Q_Document) ; Harrison, Waltke, Guthrie & Fee. Biblical Criticism: Historical, Literary and Textual. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House;Soulen, Richard. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Atlanta: John Knox Press。[2] John S. Kloppenborg, “Synoptic Problem,” Oxford Bibliographies (https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393361/obo-9780195393361-0120.xml#:~:text=The%20Synoptic%20Problem%20is%20the,first%20three%20%E2%80%9CSynoptic%E2%80%9D%20Gospels.&text=In%20some%20instances%2C%20the%20degree,literary%20relationship%20among%20the%20gospels. ). [3] “Q,”theologyarchaeology (https://theologyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/q/ ). [4] Stephen J. Patterson, The Lost Way: How Two Forgotten Gospels Are Rewriting the Story of Christian Origins (NY: Harper One,, 2014), p.45. [5] Mark Mattison, “The Gospel of Q” (https://www.gospels.net/quelle ).
[6] “The Critical Text of Q,” (http://web.archive.org/web/19990219224131/http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~bjors/q-english.htm ). [7] 譯自﹕“The Critical Text of Q” 。
[8] 請參考﹕”Q Source,” Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_source);“Q Document,” New World Encyclopedia (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Q_Document) 。[9] Patterson, The Lost Way, p.185. [10] Burton L. Mack, The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins (HarperSanFrancisco, 1993), p. 216-18. [11] Gerd Theissen, Social Reality and the Early Christians: Theology, Ethics and the World of the New Testament (Fortress Press, 1992). [12] Mack, The Lost Gospel, p. 87-88. [13] Norman Geisler, The Big Book of Christian Apologetics, Baker Books 2012, pp. 464-467, quoted in http://storage.cloversites.com/makinglifecountministriesinc/documents/What%20is%20the%20Q%20Document.pdf. [14] Josh McDowell Ministry, “What is the Document Q Supposed to be?” (https://www.bethinking.org/bible/q-what-is-the-document-q-supposed-to-be ). [15] “John Ankerberg,” Rational Wiki (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/John_Ankerberg). [16] Eta Linnemann, “The Lost Gospel Of Q—Fact Or Fantasy?,” Trinity Journal 17:1 (Spring 1996): 3–18. (https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/tj/q_linnemann.pdf ). [17] Mark Goodacre , The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem (Trinity Press International). [18] Harrison, Waltke, Guthrie & Fee. Biblical Criticism: Historical, Literary and Textual, p. 101-02. [19] Rudolf Bultmann, Jesus and the Word (NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958), p. 12. [20] Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar, The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus (New York: MacMillan, 1993), p. 34-36. [21] 安克伯、韋爾登合著,逸萍譯,《耶穌研討會的真相》(香港﹕天道書樓,1999),頁13。[22] Mack, The Lost Gospel, p. 5.