Endnote 9 – Was the Early Church Jewish?

The redaction of the sayings in Q blurred the border between the past of the historical Jesus and the future beyond his death. The death and resurrection of Jesus were simply neglected and Jesus was presented as still speaking in the present, as the voice of divine wisdom eternal—just as biblical and Jewish wisdom circles had presented patriarchs, prophets and other wise persons as incorporations of wisdom, God’s consort.