RELI 2220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jewish Christian, 2Degrees, Sadducees
Document Summary
Traitor (let men die but offers self to rome) Story about someone important/ revered from the past. Alexandrian t. t. is characterized by austerity and brevity. Represented by some early papyri as well as the old latin (it) and syriac translations (sy) Characterized by omissions and insertions, eccentric readings, paraphrasing and harmonisation. No agreement between matt and luke= they both rely on q. Less likely to be one added by scribes. More difficult reading is likely to be more original. 35-70 years separate jesus and gospels = 2-4 generations (2-4 degrees) Lack of mass communication and records keeping/no record- no record of jesus until 2-4 generations later (1 degree) Jesus spoke aramaic; sources are greek (1 degree) Unreliability and adaptability of oral transmission (2 degrees) Thomas is a document with a long history and is not really gnostic. If one removes the miracles from the bible, then that would be the true historical jesus.
