CT253 Lecture Notes - David Strauss
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Week 4, monday social-historical context in which mark was written: House of israel just fallen apart due to genocide by romans. Jews are forming armed resistance against the romans- ends with the destruction of temple in jersulam in 70 c. e. Jews were expecting messiah to conquer the romans. Aesthetically interesting development: points out that a surprising feature of the gospels is that they emphasis ordinary normal people in non- ordinary roles. Gospels make a real break with this tradition: people are treated with great seriousness and sensitivity that you can"t find in other literature at the time. Authors of the gospels- know nothing about them. Ouerback: peter- ambivalent in a weak character- lots of doubts and denying jesus. Not a really strong character and plagued with fears etc. Question of historical jesus: points where gospels overlap, or where they don"t match up.
