THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jewish Christian, Synoptic Gospels, 0 (Year)
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Christianity is the faith based on jesus christ"s: life, teachings, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven. New testament (nt): 27 books, including 4 gospels ( good news ) Gospels were written some 40-50 years after jesus"s death. Historical critical method: how authors have put their writing in historical context and how scholars understand. Jewish audience, that needed to hear about jesus for ex. Established that gospel of matthew targets a jewish christian audience bc jesus is presented as the second moses and messiah. Whereas the gospel of luke is targeting a non-jewish audience because it speaks in more universal terms. Gentile audience, because it speaks in universal terms. Jesus is the eternal son and logos (or word) of god, the incarnate god on. There are also apocryphal (or secret) gospels attributed to thomas, peter, mary. Magdalene, philip, and even judas most of them come from gnostic circles and are later.