THEO 206 : Christianity notes.docx
Document Summary
Christianity: faith based on jc (life, teachings, death, resurrection, ascension to heaven) Bible : ot + (apocrypha/deuterocanonical book), nt (27 books, 4 gospels *good news), gospels written 40-50 years after death. Historical: mostly scholars today look at history context: Jewish audience, greek and roman that are not familiar with jewish bible and moses) First 3 gospels are synoptic: (seen together) mathew luke and mark. Mt and lk based on mk and quelle (source) scholars think source exist, perhaps luke and mathew used marks gospel . This also says that mt targets jews and christians: jesus is the new messiah and the new moses. Luke: non-jewish audience (gentile), speaks in universal terms, explains who moses is. 4th gospel: different from first 3, talks about jesus as son of god, incarnate logos of god brought by. Born year 0, bethlehem, gospels talk about birth, age 12, age 30. John baptist: forerunner and baptized people to forgive sins.
