Rel 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Barack Obama, Synoptic Gospels, Virgin Birth Of Jesus
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Compare mark"s use of the word gospel, and matthew"s omission of the word gospel. Compare how mark and matthew tell the story of jesus" interactions with the. Syro-phonecian woman: what might be matthew"s motivation for including the story of the virgin. Each performance is unique: talk about the stories of the woman with the issue of blood and jarius" daughter being healed, matthew and mark employ very different writing techniques and styles in their accounts. What can this tell us about the interests of the author: both authors are fully aware of their audience. In mark, jesus doesn"t seem to have it all together, but in matthew he seems to have more control. In mark, jesus hardly speaks, but in matthew he has more pause, he elaborates. Suppose you wanted to write a biography of jesus the way modern biogra- phies are written (john a macdonald, barak obama). Might have to do a compare and contrast.
