The Lost Gospel Q
The Original Sayings of Jesus

The Lost Gospel Q, 82 sayings attributed to Jesus that almost all appear in the gospels of both Matthew and Luke. The letter Q comes from the German word Quelle that means source, as the Q gospel is the source of a lot of stories told in Matthew and Luke. However, Q contains no passion narrative, no......more

From the introduction by Thomas Moore: “The haunting, inspiring and challenging words of Jesus have now been with us for two thousand years. During all that time they have been used to moralize, instruct, defend and condemn as well as to lead and guide. As scholars have pointed out for over a centur......more

Okay, the Gospel of Mark is the earliest of the good news. The Gospel's Matthew and Luke obviously are based upon this story, however they add extra stuff. Of that extra stuff, there are things that occur in both Luke and Matthew, but also things that occur only in Luke or Matthew. Anyway, some Germ......more

Contrary to what the title might lead you to think, this book doesn't offer any "lost" sayings of Jesus. Everything is taken straight from the first and third gospels, "Q" being the name given to the hypothesized source of the material which appears in both Matthew and Luke but not in Mark. (By the w......more

I'm obviously the wrong audience for this. The lack of context for Jesus' sayings did not aid my understanding or enlighten me. In addition, Thomas Moore's very beautiful introduction contradicted Marcus Borg's preface. Some of what Jesus is reported to have said is inspiring, and some of it does no......more