Biblica_1:Layout 1 21-11-2011 12:59 Pagina 393 393 “SEEK HIS KINGDOM” By the late 1980s, this “consensus”, best represented by John Kloppenborg’s compositional model, had become a working hypoth- esis for many, and a foundation for further work on the social history of Q, the “Cynic hypothesis”, the “re-description” of the kerygmatic picture of Christian origins, and the question of whether the historical Jesus was a sapiential or apocalyptic figure 6. This has resulted in con- siderable discussion and debate in the field, and this hypothesis is not without its critics 7. John Collins, for example, focuses on generic is- sues, arguing that many apocalyptic writers absorbed wisdom and integrated it into their worldview and work 8. Consequently, there is “no necessary antithesis” between “apocalyptic” and “sapiential.” Richard Horsley argues against a dichotomization of wisdom and apoc- alyptic in Q scholarship, claiming that these modern, scholarly cate- gories were being deployed for theological purposes 9. He emphasizes the need to focus on “the concrete historical social relations” in which texts are rooted 10, and considers Q a unified composition. Christopher Tuckett has also questioned how we identify and categorize “sapiential” material, and reminds us that “wisdom” is a modern scholarly cate- gory 11. Tuckett questions Q’s identification as “sapiential” because it does not conform to traditional wisdom orientations. He notes that the figure of Wisdom is present in Q, but only appears in the allegedly redactional stratum of Q, where prophetic themes predominate. Tuckett 6 B.L. MACK, “The Kingdom that Didn’t Come: The Social History of the Q Tradents”, Society of Biblical Literature Papers 1988 (ed. D.J. LULL) (Atlanta, GA 1988) 608-635. 7 ALLISON, The Jesus Tradition in Q, 4-7; C.M. TUCKETT, Q and the History of Early Christianity. Studies on Q (Edinburgh 1996) 69-75; D. ZELLER, “Eine weisheitliche Grundschrift in der Logienquelle?”, The Four Gospels (ed. F.V. SEGBROECK) (BETL 100; Leuven 1992) I: 389-401; H.W. ATTRIDGE, “Reflections on Research into Q,” Semeia 55 (1992) 223-234; M. SATO, “Wisdom Statements in the Sphere of Prophecy”, The Gospel Behind the Gospels. Current Studies in Q (ed. R.A. PIPER) (NTSup 75; Leiden 1995) 157. 8 J.J. COLLINS, “Wisdom, Apocalypticism, and Generic Compatibility”, In Search of Wisdom. Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie (eds. L.G. PERDUE – B.B. SCOTT – W.J. WISEMAN) (Lousiville, KY 1993) 165-185. 9 R.A. HORSLEY, “Questions about Redactional Strata and the Social Relations Reflected in Q”, Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 28 (Atlanta, GA 1989) 186-203, 188; “Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Mark,” 223-244, esp. 226; “Wisdom Justified”, 733, 744-745. 10 R.A. HORSLEY, “Q and Jesus: Assumptions, Approaches, and Analyses”, Semeia 55 (1991) 177. 11 TUCKETT, Q, 329.