Literature of New Testament

The 3 “stories” of NT background

Biblical Metanarrative

Story of Israel

2nd Temple Judaism

2000 B.C.

Abraham (Gen. 12)

1500 B.C.

Egyptian Slavery/Exodus

1000 B.C. - Moral Decline into Idolatry and Oppression

Israel gets a King and Temple

722 B.C.

Samaria lost to Exile

586 B.C.

Judah Falls into Exile/Temple Destroyed

500 B.C. - Second Temple Judaism

End of Exile/”Rebuild and Re-evaluate”

Year 0

Jesus arrives

Second Temple Judaism 4 Pillars

The Temple

Land of Israel

Torah

Jewish Ethnic Identity

Second Temple 4 Kingdoms

Persian Empire

Greeks(Alexander the Great)

Bad Maccabee’s

Rome

Jesus’ birth was …

a royal birth and royal scandal

Where does Jesus give his first sermon?

In Narareth

Themes of beginning of Jesus’s Teaching Ministry (Matt & Mark)

Repent

Believe the Good News

Kingdom is Near

Beginning of Jesus’s Teaching Ministry (Luke)

Jesus’ own people turn against him

Ways to read parables

Elaborate Allegories

One-point Lessons

Israel’s story with a subversive twist

Why does Jesus say “If you have ears to hear, then hear…”

Hinting at a deeper meaning

You will get out what you want it to mean

How do Catholics Interpret the Sermon on the Mount

Varsity and JV believers

How do Lutherans interpret the Sermon on the Mount

Two Categories: Law and Gospel

How do the Peace Churches interpret the Sermon on the Mount

literal radical obedience

How does Intern Ethics interpret the Sermon on the Mount

literal radical obedience-for a short time

Kingdom Theology

Kingdom is established; but still growing

What are the Synoptic Gospels?

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (A chronological telling of Jesus’ ministry on earth)

Miracles in the synoptics are called

Dynamos (Act of Power)

Miracles in John’s Gospel are called

Semeian (Signs)

Jesus’ Pattern of Miracles (John 6)

Meets a genuine need out of compassion

work is supernatural but not showy

uses the sign to point to a need of a deeper faith in him

some believe, others doubt

Who is Jesus?

A Rabbi(Teacher)

The “Servant” of Isaiah

The Messiah/Christ

“Son of Man”

Lord

Where does Son Of Man come from?

Daniel 7

Why are people excited at the Triumphal Entry?

They think Jesus will be a Military King

Where do the royal connotations come from in the Triumphal Entry?

The Entry on a Donkey (Zach 9:9)

Preparing the Road (Isaiah 62:10)

Hosanna (Save us “now”)

What action finally got Jesus arrested?

The flipping of tables in the Temple

Why Did Jesus flip the tables?

1. Cleansing the Temple
2. An Acted "Parable of Judgement”


1. YWHW returning to his house on earth

Jesus Jewish Legal Trials

1. Before Annas (F-I-L of the High Priest)
2. Before Caiaphis (High Priest)


1. rips his clothes
3. Before Sanhedrin

Jesus’ Roman Legal Trials

1. Before Pilate
2. Before Herod Anitpas
3. Back to Pilot


1. Offering of Barrabbas

Four Insights of The Crucifixion

1. Reserved for slaves and revolutionaries
2. A shameful word
3. Humiliating
4. Horrors match Divine Judgement

Who does Jesus first appear to resurrected?

Mary in the Garden

Why does the resurrection happen on a Sunday?

To point back to creation. Creation and New Creation started at the beginning of the week

Why does the resurrection happen in a garden?

Back to the Garden of Eden, Jesus is the perfect being we never could be

Why is Jesus mistaken for the gardener

Another Garden of Eden metaphor, Jesus is also the creator of the garden.

The “Swoon” Theory

Jesus never died, he just fainted and everyone thought he died (People cruficed suffocated to death, not from pure wounds)

The “Wrong Tomb” Theory (Con)

Mary was in a hurry and forgot which tomb (Why not reveal the true body of Jesus)

Stolen Body Theory - Disciples (Con)

The Disciples stole the body and said Jesus was raised (why die for an obvious lie)

Stolen Body Theory - Sanhedrin (Con)

The religious leaders stole the body. (Why didn’t they reveal the body)

The Risen in our Hearts Theory (Con)

A gathering of disciples felt is present in a time of grief (feeling him spiritually is way different than eating food with him for a month)