AHSS 2360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Messiah In Judaism, Spiritualized, Supersessionism
28 Jun 2018
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Week 3: Christianity
New Testament
1. 27 Books: 4 Gospels; Acts of the Apostles; 21 Letters; Revelation
2. Canon formalized in the 2nd century
3. Primary concerns of the New Testament:
a. To show that Jesus is the Christ
b. That he is the fulfillment of the Torah’s prophetic promises
c. That the kingdom of God is at hand
d. That salvation is possible through faith in Christ
e. How to live under a persecuting Roman society
Synoptic Gospels
-Mark, Matthew, and Luke have many similarities
-Matthew and Luke draw on stories and traditions from Mark
-Mark, the earliest Gospel, draws on oral traditions and a source scholars call “Q”
-The Gospels necessary because after his death, there was the hope of his imminent return.
-When he did not return, it was necessary to gather the oral traditions around his life and death
and commit them to writing.
Gospel of Mark
-Written in the early 70s CE; Christian gentile audience
-Suffering from Roman persecution
-Battles demons and the Pharisees
-Pictures a lonely, forsaken Christ at crucifixion (a common mode of execution), mocked by ppl
-Ends with an empty tomb
-Jesus in Mark is enigmatic—lots of private teaching, telling people not to broadcast his miracles
Gospel of Matthew
-Written at the end of the 1st century; His audience is Jewish Christians
-Jesus here is very much a rabbi
-The Jesus movement as the New Israel
-Importance of genealogy
-Shows Jesus as a new and better Moses—a new lawgiver
-Major encounter is with the Pharisees
-Jesus in Matthew claims to follow Torah, but that it is different in form and content than the
Pharisees
Sermon on the Mount
-Found in both Luke and Matthew; A series of sayings rather than a sermon
-Concerned with the “higher” righteousness”
-Parallels Moses receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai—bound up with issues of authority
-Jesus presented as correct teacher of the Law
-Based on the seeming contradiction of who is blessed, an inversion of Greco-Roman ethics
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Document Summary
Mark, matthew, and luke have many similarities. Matthew and luke draw on stories and traditions from mark. Mark, the earliest gospel, draws on oral traditions and a source scholars call q . The gospels necessary because after his death, there was the hope of his imminent return. When he did not return, it was necessary to gather the oral traditions around his life and death and commit them to writing. Written in the early 70s ce; christian gentile audience. Pictures a lonely, forsaken christ at crucifixion (a common mode of execution), mocked by ppl. Jesus in mark is enigmatic lots of private teaching, telling people not to broadcast his miracles. Written at the end of the 1st century; his audience is jewish christians. Shows jesus as a new and better moses a new lawgiver. Jesus in matthew claims to follow torah, but that it is different in form and content than the.
