Introduction to the Gospels Lecture

Narrative

________- told as a story and meant to be entertaining.

Synoptic puzzle

________- why are the details of the Gospels different.

Marcion

________- wanted only Luke as the Gospel.

Anonymous

________- text does not identify who wrote them.

Matthew

________- Depicted as a man.

Dynamic Theory

________- mix of divine and human effort; shows human bias with Gods intention coming through too.

Luke

________- Depicted as an ox.

Evangelistic

________- wanted to convince the reader to believe in Jesus.

Inerrancy

________- the Bible is without error in the original text (which we dont have any of)

Godspell

________- story about a God.

Evangelists Interpret

________- Their own opinion added to the Gospels.

Chronology

________- Mark was first, then probably a decade later Matthew and Luke, THEN John.

Synoptic Gospels

________- Matthew, Mark, Luke;"seem to hold together.

Q

________- Sayings of Jesus; Material found in Matthew and Luke but not in Mark.

Dictation Theory

________- word for word what God dictated the writers to write.

Historical Criticism

________- reconstruct what happened in the world at that time to understand the people and agendas at that time.

Oral Tradition

________- scripture being passed down generation by generation orally.

Ancient Biographies

________- Greco- Roman types of biographies were often slanted and very biased; sometimes things are made up or change chronologies.

Textual Criticism

________- find the closest to what could be what the author meant.

Godspell

story about a God

Euangelion

good news

Four Stages

1) preaching of Jesus, 2) preaching of early Christian leaders on death and resurrection of Christ, 3) combined 1 & 2, and 4) Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Anonymous

text does not identify who wrote them

Compilation

many writers wrote with sources all compiled in one

Jewish

all writers were Jews and had Jewish perspectives

Ancient Biographies

Greco-Roman types of biographies were often slanted and very biased; sometimes things are made up or change chronologies

Narrative

told as a story and meant to be entertaining

Evangelistic

wanted to convince the reader to believe in Jesus

Dictation Theory

word for word what God dictated the writers to write

Inerrancy

the Bible is without error in the original text (which we dont have any of)

Dynamic Theory

mix of divine and human effort; shows human bias with Gods intention coming through too

Trustworthy

trustworthiness does not equal perfect

Oral Tradition

scripture being passed down generation by generation orally

Scripture

Septuagint

Life setting of Jesus

what Jesus said and did

Period of Oral Tradition and Early Written Sources

compiling these to help create the Gospels

Evangelists Interpret

Their own opinion added to the Gospels

Matthew

Depicted as a man

Mark

Depicted as a lion

Luke

Depicted as an ox

John

Depicted as an eagle

Synoptic Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke; "seem to hold together"

Chronology

Mark was first, then probably a decade later Matthew and Luke, THEN John

Marcion

wanted only Luke as the Gospel

Synoptic puzzle

why are the details of the Gospels different

Q

Sayings of Jesus; Material found in Matthew and Luke but not in Mark

M

Matthews other sources

L

Lukes other sources

Source Criticism

discern the sources a writer used

Textual Criticism

find the closest to what could be what the author meant

Literacy Criticism

study the texts form and style

Historical Criticism

reconstruct what happened in the world at that time to understand the people and agendas at that time