REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Third Epistle Of John, First Epistle Of Peter, Antilegomena
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Take into account what the writers have said about their piece: proximity to the historical moment/people. Other writings not included: sub-apostolic writings (written by apostolic fathers; e. g. 1 and 2 clement, the. Diadache, letters of ignatius, martyrdom of polycarp, etc: apocryphal writings (jubilees, book of enoch, infancy gospel of james) Marcion"s canon (144 ad: needed to create a canon of his own, thought the entire old testament was vulgar and that it depicted a disturbing god. Wednesday, 15 february 2017: throw out the entire ot and most of the nt except for luke"s gospel and paul"s letters. Gnosticism: salvation achieved through knowledge (gnosis) of spiritual truths only available to a select few: visible reality is bad and the invisible reality is good, jesus comes from this good reality, yahweh does not. Expelled from church at rome in 140 ad but his influence lingered and had to be dealt with.
