The essays collected in this volume are the proceedings of an international conference on the
Sayings Source Q held in Essen Germany in August 2019. The scholars contributing to this
volume generally support the Q hypothesis. Nevertheless they want to submit their own
conceptions to scrutiny. Especially the question as to whether Q scholars are driven by
unscholarly projections or prejudices was the subject of debate. Sometimes also exegetes follow
trends and fashion. Therefore the central topic of this volume is a critical self-reflection
on the hermeneutical options (and perhaps also biases) in Q Research.
