New Testament: Lea And Black 113-169

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Synoptic

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"A seeing in together" The first three gospels have a high degree of similarity

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What are the three similarities of the synoptic gospels

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1. Same general historical arrangement.
2. Verbal content is similar
3. differences in details

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Three stages in the development of Luke's work

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1. refernece to the original "eyewitnesses"
2. description of the writers who had drawn up "An account of the things" that had occurred
3. Spoke of his own role in writing "An orderly account"

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Which type of Criticism is associated with the Period of Oral Tradition?

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Form Criticism

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What is form criticism?

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Criticism that focuses on the first stage in the process of Gospel writing, that is, the stage of the oral transmission of the Gospel accounts

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Words Associated with Development of form Criticism

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Scandinavian
Rudolph Bultmann

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What is demythologization

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a process of stripping away miraculous features and doctrinal additions that he believed modern people could not accept.

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Five common assumptions of form criticism?

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1. Stories and Sayings of Jesus first appeared in small self contained units
2. STories and sayings of Jesus assumed the standard forms or structures that appear in the gospels
3. form of a story allowed critic to discover its place in the life of the early church
4. As members of xian community passed along the sayings, they put the material into forms and also modified the content to meet community needs
5. developed criteria for determining the age and historical trustworthiness of particular stories (laws of transmission)

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What is a pericope?

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individual unit or section of the gospel story

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Apophthegm?

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short story ending with a saying of Jesus

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Miracle Story

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story presenting information about Jesus' miraculous deeds

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legend

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story that magnifies the greatness of Jesus

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dominical saying

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teaching of Jesus that does not end in a single pithy statement

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What are laws of transmission?

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criteria developed for determining the age and historical trustworthiness of particular stories

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Accordingn to the laws of transmission, when passing on information, groups usually?

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1. lengthen their stories
2. add details
3. fit stories to their own language
4. preserve and develop only what meets their needs and promotes their beliefs.

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kerygma

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proclamation - evangelistic preaching used in making converts

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Weaknesses of form criticism

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1. assume earliest period of transmission was oral, but it is likely that some material was written
2. tend to use literary forms in a rigid, inflexible manner
3. claim that a form can be clearly identified from its setting is suspicious
4. Must remember that some gospel material was preserved because it was true, not merely because it supported biases of early church
5. We must consider the impact of the eyewitnesses

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didache

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teaching needed by believers for growth and spiritual life

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What type of criticism is associated with Written Sources?

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Source Criticism

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What is source criticism?

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It asks, "What written sources did the gospel writers use to produce their writings?"

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What is the theory of interdependence

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Two of the gospel writers used one or more of the gospels and perhaps additional documents in preparing their material

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What was Augustine's view?

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Matthew was first written gospel, followed by Mark and Luke

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Fourfold Gospel Hypothesis

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Matthew-Luke-Mark, but does so primarily on basis of statements of early church fathers

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Two-Source hypothesis

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Most common view - Markan priority, with name Q

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What is "Q"?

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"Quelle", meaning source

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What is some evidence for Markan priority?

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1. Matthew contains nearly all of Mark's material and Luke contains 1/2
2. Matthew and Luke often repeat exact words of Mark
3. Matthew and Luke do not depart together from Markan sequence
4. Matthew an dLuke sometimes appear to alter wording of Mark to clarify or smooth out difficult or grammatically awkward statements in mark

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What type of criticism is associated with the Period of Final Composition?

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Redaction Criticism

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What is Redaction Criticism?

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Focuses on the activity of the author in the production of the gospels

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One word: Form, Oral, Source

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Form: Oral
Source: Written
Redaction: Author

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What does redaction criticism insist?

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the Gospel writers not only delivered traditions to their audiences, but they also changed and modified these traditions to introduce their own viewpoints and special emphases.

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What is tradition?

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whatever source the Gospel writer had in hand as he wrote.

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Evidence of relational activity is seen in the following four features:

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1. Choice to include or exclude material
2. The arrangement of material
3. additions to the document
4. Alteration of words.

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ipsissima verba

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actual words of jesus

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ipsissima vox

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authentic voice of Jesus (much more likely)

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What is diachronic perspective and which criticisms use it?

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form, source and redaction. It is when they all follow the development of the Gospels over a period of time.

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What is literary criticism

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Assumes that the Gospels are in their fixed canonical form and is not interested in the process by which they came to be that way.

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structuralism

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seeks to locate these structures, classify them, and use them in interpretation

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What is an oracle?

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gospel, some scholars say a collection of messianic proof texts (Matthew)

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Interpreted

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either a translation into Greek or application and explanation of context

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Internatal evidence for Matthean authorship

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1. Organizational method reflects tidy mind set of tax collector
2. Only gospel that contains story of Jesus' payment of the temple tax
3. Matthew instead of Levi, "Matthew the Tax Collector"

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What is the likely date of the authorship of Matthew?

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70 AD

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Features of Matthew

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Kingdom of Heaven, Hebrew audience, repetitive emphasis on Jesus' fulfillment of the law and Old Testament prophecy, Jewish flavor - written to evangelize Jews, use of "church", groupings, (3, 5, 7)

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Where was Matthew written

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Palestine of Syria (jewish nature suggests this), or antioch

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What is the purpose of Matthew?

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lacks a precise statement:
1. reaching Jews
2. help readers understand the person and work of Jesus
3. profound interest in preserving the teachings of Jesus

Wrote primarily to ethnic Jews to present the gospel and lead them to make and intelligent commitment to Christ

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Authorship of MarK?

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John Mark, using Peter as a source, Markan authorship is undisputed, perhaps had a congenital deformity of some kind.

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When was Mark written?

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late fifties - likely the FIRST gospel written

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What are some of the features of Mark?

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Focues on actions of Jesus more than words, "immediately" "At once", rapid development, focus on Jesus' emotional life (compassion, sigh, sorry, indignation), attention to Jesus' preparation of the disciples for future minister, high Christology. Designates Jesus as Son of God.

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Where was Mark written

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Likelye when Mark was in Rome