THEO 206 Study Guide - 0 (Year), Diocletianic Persecution, Common Era
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Christianity is the faith based on jesus christ"s: life, teachings, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven. The christian bible contains: old testament (ot) + apocrypha/ deuterocanonical books, new testament (nt): 27 books, including 4 gospels ( good news , gospel were written some 40-50 years after jesus"s death. These methods include: historical critical method, literal method, allegorical method, mystical method, moral method. Intended audience of the author: author had in mind jewish audience that needed to hear about jesus or. Was to convert people, to convey message of salvation or just provide a parallel that could be used to teach a lesson that could be applied to moral life. Synoptics (greek for seen together ): matthew (mt), mark (mk), luke (lk, matthew and luke are based on mark and q (from the german word quelle = source. The historical critical method established that: matthew targets a jewish-christian audience, because jesus is presented as the second.
