THEO 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Apostolic Age
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Lecture 25: the genre of a gospel, the genre of a literary gospel is new: the first one was mark, he is thus the inventor of the genre, gospels have elements of other genres, 1. Jewish biblical history: they thus have ane qualities, though biblical histories are quite unique for the ancient world, lives of the prophets, 2. Greek biographies and histories: they thus have greek qualities, however, the gospels, though similar, are different from these other genres, the term gospel , gospel simply means good news . In the roman empire, the emperor would often announce gospel. It would be good news about his accomplishments: winning battles. Infancy gospels: about jesus"s birth and childhood, these show his divine nature, genre and purpose, the gospels seem to have 3 primary goals, 1. Theological: to show that jesus is the messiah and son of god; the meaning of jesus and his mission: gospel concerning jesus christ, 2.
