Nt History And Theology Spring '10

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What distinctive approach does F.C. Bauer take to NT Theology?

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Peter vs. Paul

The bible is merely a juxtaposition of Jewish Christianity [Peter] and it's antithesis in Gentile Christianity [Paul]

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What distinctive approach does R. Bultman take to NT Theology?

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He makes a distinction between the Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith. His is a highly skeptical reading of the NT

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What distinctive approach does A Schlatter take to NT Theology?

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He is a contemporary of Bultman, yet connects apostolic claims to the historical Jesus

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What distinctive approach does D. Guthrie take to NT Theology?

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He systematizes the NT, but allows each corpus to speak for themselves.

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What distinctive approach does G.E. Ladd take to NT Theology?

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He allows each corpus to speak for themselves and believes in sythesizing within that corpus

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What distinctive approach does NT Wright take to NT Theology?

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He shows the overall coherence of the work of jesus and the teachings of Paul against the backdrop of 1st C. Judaism.

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What key points arise from the discussion of the passages in Josephus and 4 Ezra regarding the canon of the Old Testament?

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Josephus and 4 Ezra both agreed to the collection of books that were recognized as divinely inspired even though they had different numbers of books. (we have 39 today. Josephus counted 22 and 4 Ezra counted 24 - they are all referring to the same identical texts)

Point 1: The word of God was not "inspired" as though the author were "motivated" to do something. This is the Word of God breathed.

Point 2: The OT canon was already recognized by the time of the NT period. But there was a period where prophecy ceased.

Jesus and the Apostles reopen the church’s sense of recognized revelation
-Jesus as prophet.
- Jesus as revelation.
-Apostolic authority.

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What are the distinctives in how Josephus counted his 22 books of the OT?

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There are 12 Minor Prophets in our Bible, in the Hebrew Canon they are one book referred to as The Book of the Twelve, Ezra & Nehemiah are 1 book, 1&2 Kings, Samuel and Chronicles are each one book

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What key points arise out of our study of the passage on the New Testament canon in Eusebius’ Church History?

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Eusebius is writing to define which books are "Recognized Books" or which books are divinely inspired and thus appropriate for public reading (because at the time, most people could not read) The expanded core or recognized books are: the 4 Gospels, Acts and the Pauline epistles. Eusebius questioned the validity of the book of Revelation

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B.C 721

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Assyrian Exile of Israel

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B.C. 587/586

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Babylonian Exile of Judah

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B.C. 336

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Alexander becomes king of Macedon & general of the Greeks

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B.C. 330

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Alexander assumes title “Great King” of Persian Empire

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B.C. 323

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Alexander dies

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B.C. 167

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Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) orders defiling of Jerusalem Temple

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B.C. 63

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Pompey enters Jerusalem

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B.C. 37-4

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Herod the Great rules Judaea

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A.D. 6-41

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Judaea a Roman province

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A.D. 26-36

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Pontius Pilate prefect of Judaea

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A.D. 66-73

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Revolt against Rome

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A.D. 70

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Fall of Jerusalem

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A.D. 115-117

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Revolt under Trajan (esp. in the diaspora)

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A.D. 132-135

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Bar-Kochba revolt under Hadrian

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A.D. c. 200

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Mishnah compiled

Front 25

Describe the essential procedures of inductive Bible study (i.e., O___, I____, A____) and their connecting links.

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Observation takes us to the text,can be made about anything contained within the passage, but generally center around the who, what, when, where, and how. The question of why moves us into interpretation. Interpretation is where we can ask our questions of the passage.

We want to first of all try and answer the question from the text but then be sure to provide proof, provide our reasoning for why we have answered in the way that we did. Application leads us down the road to finding meaning from the text for our lives. we need to look at how the passage applied to the original audience. After we have done this we look for trans-cultural application in our own life.

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Describe the relationships between authors, texts and readers in interpretation.

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-Intentional fallacy

Author has an intent to communicate in the text to the reader. The relationship between the author and the audience helps you fill in gaps. A good author knows enough about their audience to communicate with them.
You’re going to have to interact with the intention of the author.

-It's important to give the author the benefit of the doubt
-We accept the social conventions within which the speaker is communicating (such as incorporating their disagreement into their reading of the text)

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What is intentional fallacy?

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Claiming you can't know the author's intent, simply because they are not around to talk to or ask questions with...you can't leap into their brains.

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Give a critique of intentional fallacy

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author’s self-reveal themselves in writing, so to a certain extent we can know what the author means. A good communicator reveals what he s thinking in the text.

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How would you contend (against deconstructionism) that texts cohere?

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-give the author the benefit of the doubt - we assume the author is trying to communicate in a coherent fashion, and trying to make rational sense
-we must accept the social conventions within which the speaker is communicating
-the text does cohere within its own historical context, within the relationship between the author and the audience.
-by taking a deconstructionist approach, you are not being fair to what the text is actually saying
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-This creates an ethical problem.
1.) It no longer is communication, because it’s singular & not 2- sided
2.) The readers is all that matters; you can project what you want into it

5.) Arrogant culturally and intellectually lazy

7.) Gives you control of the text

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How does the author’s intention factor into proper interpretation? Why should one not just privilege the reader’s own thoughts/feelings about the text?

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You need to be fair to the author before you critique the text. Author seeks to communicate and we are obligated to try and understand what they want to communicate.

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How would you respond to someone who says that your pre-understanding of a text is what determines the outcome of your interpretive act (in short: do you just see what you want to see)? What are some ways that we as readers can come closer (“spiral in”) on the actual original meaning of a text? What does this say about the “disposition” we should have as interpreters?

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-by encouraging them to see the cultural lense they are looking through.

grasp the authors original intent. This requires a certain humility while approaching scripture and the interpretive process that moves closer to the original meaning of the text. This process involves comparative historical references, as well as what was held as the predominant theological view of that time period.
The hope of this closer spiral is to end intentional errancy (claiming to know the authors intent.)

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Be able to draw the “mountain diagram” and discuss the functions and relationships of its different constituent parts (author, audience, Graeco-Roman world, Judaism, OT, Jesus, modern readers).

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Front 33

Why is it worth studying the history of interpretation (i.e. why is it worth knowing something about the history of NT scholarship)? Illustrate your response with examples pertinent to the study of the New Testament

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It is always important to understand the history of a discipline when you’re studying or applying it
We bring our own pre-understandings to the text
We bring our own assumptions to the text
When we read commentaries its important to understand that the authors have been influenced by the theories of interpretation that have come before them.

Ex: Luther not trained in the church

Ex.: The Donation of Constantine" being a forgery by the Catholic church

Front 34

When prompted, be prepared to define and discuss the “two working goals” for NT Theology as laid out by your professor.

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(1) To inductively synthesize the major theological themes in each NT author within their historical backdrop.
(2) To further appreciate the organic unity of NT Theology in the midst of the diversity of its expression.

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What are some presuppositions the two working goals of NT Theology convey?

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1.) The Divine Author works through human authors.
2.) Each author makes a distinct theological contribution
3.) Each author's contribution must be viewed in its historical context
4. They were consciously reflecting on the same material; Jesus, His life, death and resurrection.

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What are some dangers of doing NT Theology?

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1. It can over emphasize the distinctive feature of each Gospel and pit them against each other,
2. Could also emphasize the unity of each Gospel, causing them to then become a mere historical enterprise, where it only applies to original audience and not to us now reading Scripture today.
3. Can overemphasize theological differences of each author.

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What are some benefits of doing NT Theology?

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1.) It challenges you to look for what the Scripture is actually saying versus what you want it to say.

2.) Supports better systematic theology

Front 38

Discuss how the New Testament canon came to be viewed in the early Christian church with the same respect as the Old Testament canon.

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a period of inspiration was reopened with Jesus and the apostles. The writers were all recognized as either apostles or having direct contact with the apostles, eg Luke. The writings which were included within the canon were all written within the 1st century, that is, being close to the time of Jesus life. The writing which were omitted all came later and from sources which were not in direct contact.

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What are some key points we learn from early canonical lists (e.g., such as the one in Eusebius, or the Muratorian Canon.)?

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That the Gospels, Acts, and Letters of Paul were accepted as Canon early on
This Core provided a ‘rule of faith’ that provided a doctrinal standard that they could use to judge other books by
If they question the authorship of a writing, it’s consideration for Canon is disputed

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Would you say that the canon was “determined” by the early church or “recognized” by the early church? Why?

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the church recognized its inspiration. The locus of authority is not in the church but in the scriptures.

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How does the notion of an “expanding core” help us in our understanding of the historical development of the New Testament canon.

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- core: (4 gospels, acts, books of paul)
- expanding core: (additional books that cohere with the core theologically, historically – as well as authors having relationships with each other and vouching for each other)

Front 42

Draw a map of Israel and identify the following elements on the map:

Mediterranean Sea
The Dead Sea
The Sea of Galilee
The Jordan River
Jerusalem
Bethleham
Jerico
Nazereth
Capurnum
Dan
Bersheeba

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Also know the # of miles between the Med. Sea and the Dead Sea.

The # of miles of the Jordan River

The # of miles between the Med. Sea and the Sea of Galilee

Front 43

What are some key theological themes found in the “Great Commission” (Matt. 28:16–20)? In the Magi account (Matt. 2:1–11)? In chapters 3–4 of Matthew?

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- There is a heavy redemptive historical thread throughout these passages with references back to Old Testament prophets and passages of Scripture. The word used most commonly in conjunction with the redemptive historical thread is "fulfill".

- Jesus' authority is a main theological theme in these passages.

- Matthew also emphasizes the word "worship" at key points. It is both in the beginning of the gospel for the first encounter with Jesus and again emphasized at the end with Jesus’ last encounter (Mt. 28) -“worship” is also used in the temptation narrative.

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What do we learn (theologically) from the genealogy at the beginning of Matthew (Matt. 1:1–17)?

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-heavy redemptive thread with jesus fulfilling prophecy
-genealogies were import in the Semitic mindset - it substantiated their Jewishness
-Emphasizes the priestly line "Son of David"
-By using the messianic title "Christos", Matthew is telling his audience "This is the Messiah"

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What are some main points that your professor made in class about the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7)

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-the theme of FULFILLMENT

-Light/Salt metaphor - this passage is connected to the earlier passage where we are told essentially WHAT those good deeds are, and WHY we are to do them.

-There is a repeated antithesis throughout 21-50 of “YOU HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT...BUT I SAY TO YOU...] Here Jesus is quoting the OT and reinterpreting it [or rather reinterpreting the interpretation that the Pharisees have come to believe, perhaps incorrectly.] HE IS MAKING A HUGE TRUTH CLAIM HERE ABOUT HIS DEITY.

These verses are all integrally related to one another...he stressed that repeatedly.

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What are some key theological themes found in the "Great Commission?"

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• the key word is “by” grammatically. How do you make disciples? By baptizing, teaching, etc
• “going” comes before the imperative “make disciples”. Go is the necessary antecedent motion. The ‘going’ must happen for rest to be accomplished, but it’s not enough
• “all nations” is the call to mission (not “go”)
• if you think all you have to do is go, you are actually imperiling the mission
• the accomplishment of the mission is in making disciples