The New Testament Writings

Physical evidence

________ is found that supplies background information for interpreting texts.

Cultural anthropologists

________ study kinship relations, power structures, economic systems, gender roles, strategies for education, etc.

Dead Sea Scrolls

________: tell us about the diversity of first century Jewish religion.

Variant Readings

________- Changes based on translations and time.

New Testament

The ________ is not just a collection of early Christian writings; rather, it is a selection of those writings.

Exegesis

________: scholarly study of the Bible with an emphasis on the actual explication of texts (what it really says)

Marcion

________ (false teacher- gnosticism) anti- Jewish and omitted and changed parts of the New Testament.

Nag Hammed

________ gnostic library: tells us about the diversity of early Christianity.

Emendation analysis

________- study alterations that the Gospel author made in the source material- additions, omissions, and other changes that reveal the authors priorities and preferences.

philosophical reflection

Hermeneutics: ________ on the process of interpretation.

Composition analysis

________- how various units are arranged within a book- order /placement, the sequence of material, and overall organization.

discipline of form criticism

The ________ seeks to classify different materials found in the New Testament according to literary genre or type ("form) "and to draw conclusions relevant to interpretation based on these classifications.

The Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (memoirs of authors about the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus)

The Book of Acts

"part two" of the Gospel of Luke

Letters from Paul to churches

Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians (Letters are presented in order of length)

Letters from Paul to individuals

1&2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon (Order of length)

The letter to the Hebrews

anonymous work, appears to be for Jewish Christians (Hebrew Christians)

The book of Revelation

sometimes called "The Apocalypse of John" (Apocalypse means revelation) Development of the Canon

Marcion (false teacher

gnosticism) anti-Jewish and omitted and changed parts of the New Testament

(7 books struggled to get acceptance

Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2&3 John, Jude, and Revelation)

Variant Readings

Changes based on translations and time

Dead Sea Scrolls

tell us about the diversity of first century Jewish religion

Nag Hammed gnostic library

tells us about the diversity of early Christianity

Different types of material can be discerned

genealogies, parables, miracle stories, speeches, hymns, creeds, proverbs, and many more

Form critics usually are interested in identifying the Sitz im Leben ("setting in life") that each of these types of literature would have served, which implies certain assumptions about purpose

a joke might be employed for the purpose of entertainment, while a prayer might be employed for the purpose of worship

Feminist, Marxist, Jungian, "Womanist" (African American women), "Mujerista" (Latin American women), Postcolonial (marginalized and oppressed people

esp

Exegesis

scholarly study of the Bible with an emphasis on the actual explication of texts (what it really says)

Hermeneutics

philosophical reflection on the process of interpretation