RELI 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pauline Epistles, First Epistle To The Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The Thessalonians

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Religion
• Course: RELI 1710
• Professor: Zeba Crook

Document Summary

Reli : intro. to judaism, christianity, and islam. 50-60 years of writings, split into genres: = 13 letters of paul, hebrews, james, peter (2), john (3), jude. > apocalypse (this ends the christian bible - cosmic battle) Paul not around during this time, his letters didn"t even mention jesus often. > gospel of john: 90-100 ce - spiritual gospel (fourth gospel) = last supper is before the sunset of passover that night. = this gospel is different in the idea of jesus compared to the synopsis". > parable is a story, very short, narratives. = i. e. mustard seed represents early christian community. = i. e. birds are gentiles, living in the jesus tree, converting. > lack of clarity (like lots of jesus" teaching) Miracle stories to proof the identity of jesus. The gospel of luke and acts likely have the same author. > 1st jesus following community to rome (capitol of cath. /christ.