Q source (hypothetical)
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The Q source is a hypothetical early Christian collection of Jesus’ sayings proposed by scholars to explain material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but absent from Mark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Q source | 3 |
| Q source (hypothetical) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T376544 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Q source (hypothetical) Context triple: [Gospel of Matthew, usesSource, Q source (hypothetical)]
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A.
New Quad
New Quad is one of the main quadrangles of The Queen's College, Oxford, known for its collegiate architecture and central role in college life.
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B.
NUQ
NUQ is the IATA airport code for Moffett Federal Airfield, a joint civil-military airfield located in Moffett Field, California.
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C.
Quint
Quint is the grizzled, obsessive shark hunter in the film "Jaws," known for his monologue about the USS Indianapolis and his fatal showdown with the great white shark.
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D.
Sol
Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
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E.
Q-balls
Q-balls are hypothetical, stable, non-topological solitons predicted in certain quantum field theories, often considered as exotic candidates for dark matter or new physics beyond the Standard Model.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Q source (hypothetical) Target entity description: The Q source is a hypothetical early Christian collection of Jesus’ sayings proposed by scholars to explain material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but absent from Mark.
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A.
New Quad
New Quad is one of the main quadrangles of The Queen's College, Oxford, known for its collegiate architecture and central role in college life.
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B.
NUQ
NUQ is the IATA airport code for Moffett Federal Airfield, a joint civil-military airfield located in Moffett Field, California.
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C.
Quint
Quint is the grizzled, obsessive shark hunter in the film "Jaws," known for his monologue about the USS Indianapolis and his fatal showdown with the great white shark.
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D.
Sol
Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
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E.
Q-balls
Q-balls are hypothetical, stable, non-topological solitons predicted in certain quantum field theories, often considered as exotic candidates for dark matter or new physics beyond the Standard Model.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothetical document
ⓘ
sayings source ⓘ source-critical hypothesis ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Q
ⓘ
Quelle ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
Augustinian hypothesis
ⓘ
Farrer hypothesis ⓘ Griesbach hypothesis ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Synoptic Problem ⓘ |
| basedOn | two-source hypothesis ⓘ |
| centralTo | two-document hypothesis ⓘ |
| contains | minimal narrative framework ⓘ |
| debatedBy | New Testament scholars ⓘ |
| describedAs | hypothetical early Christian collection of Jesus’ sayings ⓘ |
| emphasis | teachings rather than narrative ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
literary analysis
ⓘ
redaction criticism ⓘ source criticism ⓘ |
| field |
Christian origins
ⓘ
New Testament studies ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| genre |
logia collection
ⓘ
sayings gospel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
John the Baptist
ⓘ
surface form:
John the Baptist sayings tradition
Lord’s Prayer tradition ⓘ Q Sermon material ⓘ aphorisms ⓘ beatitude-like sayings ⓘ eschatological sayings ⓘ ethical instructions ⓘ mission discourse material ⓘ parables of Jesus ⓘ sayings of Jesus ⓘ teachings of Jesus ⓘ temptation narrative tradition ⓘ wisdom sayings ⓘ woe sayings ⓘ |
| influenced |
composition of the Gospel of Luke (hypothetical)
ⓘ
composition of the Gospel of Matthew (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | source ⓘ |
| notExtantAs | independent manuscript ⓘ |
| notPresentIn | Gospel of Mark ⓘ |
| possibleDate |
before composition of Luke
ⓘ
before composition of Matthew ⓘ mid-first century CE ⓘ |
| proposedToExplain | material common to Matthew and Luke but absent from Mark ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom | double tradition material in Matthew and Luke ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Gospel of Thomas (as another sayings collection) ⓘ |
| status | hypothetical ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Christianity ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage |
Koine Greek
ⓘ
possibly Aramaic (disputed) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Q source (hypothetical) Description of subject: The Q source is a hypothetical early Christian collection of Jesus’ sayings proposed by scholars to explain material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but absent from Mark.
Referenced by (5)
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