BIBL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Synoptic Gospels, Marcan Priority, Diatessaron
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Biographies: the word "gospel" comes from the greek word euangelion, which means. It didn"t originally mean "a biography of jesus: it"s most similar in genre to ancient biographies. Two important questions: why do we have 4 gospels that are ea. So diff: why are 3 of the gospels so strikingly similar, tatian compiled a harmony of the gospels called the diatessaron (ca. Ce) but the church still canonized the four-fold gospel. Why so similar: the synoptic gospels demonstrate a remarkable similarity in order, wording, and even parenthetical material, categories of material: Literary dependence- someone is copying from someone. Then mark and mark uses matthew when writing his gospel. Then mark who used both matthew and luke. The tunnel period: the jesus tradition developed in various centers: jerusalem, antioch, Rome, etc: different forms of traditions about jesus likely developed in christian. Hymns: other traditions took form in christian proclamation (preaching or defense)
