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Historical sources for Jesus (4)
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Josephus: a jewish hisorian- he recognized Jesus to be a historical person who had a profound impact of the people he encountered
Tactitus: Roman historian- Jesus is described as the fire that burned Rome- Nero (Roman emperor) blames Jesus and Christians Pliny the Younger: wanted advice from emperor about dealing with chritians Suetonuis: biographer of Roman emperors- wrote that the emperor Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome beacuse of the riots they were constantly causing on the instigation of Chrestus (Christ) |
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Name the books of the new Testament (4)
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1. Gospels
2. Acts 3. Epistles 4. Revelation * all deal with the life, death,and Resurrection of Jesus and the impact he had on the community of those who beleived in him- what we now know as the church *total of 27 books |
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Gospels
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- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
- life, workes, message, death, and ressurection of Jesus - not concerned with historical detail but with Jesus' message |
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Acts of the Apostles
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- Luke's account of the early days of the Christian community under the leadership of Saint Peter
-Main focus is the spread of the Good News throughout the Roman Empire after the death and Resurrection of Jesus |
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Epistles (3)
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1. Thirteen Pauline Epistles
- either written by or attributed to Saint Paul -purpose was to support and educate Christians 2. The Letter to the Hebrews - Sermon to Christians falling away from Jesus 3. Catholic Epistles |
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Book of Revelation
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- aka Apocalypse
- encourages Christians to remain faithufl to Christ -deals with their expectation that Jesus will return again in flory at the end of time to fulfull God's work on earth |
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Stages of Developement of Gospels
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Stages
1. Jesus lives- active teaching 2. Jesus is talked about- oral tradition 3. Jesus is written about- New testament * Resurrection is pivitol because it validates beleif *Jesus is Lord )same as jews saying Lord instead as Yahweh) |
