Rel 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Q Source
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There is an aspect many authors do not point to regarding this word. The word gospel is the word you find at the beginning of the works we call the gospels: We are told, this is the gospel of it basically means. You need to put this word in its social and political context. When it is placed in its social and political context, it becomes much more intriguing because the word gospel is not limited to what we have in mind: the writings of jesus" disci- ples regarding jesus. The word gospel is a word that was used in relationship to ce- sar augustus. The word is about the proclamation of the news, the good news, relat- ed to a roman emperor. So, there is a social and political dimension to this word. Let"s put ourselves in the first century context, with augustus as the emperor.
