SMC330Y1 Lecture Notes - Kerygma, Snapple, Jewish Christian

• School: UTSG
• Department: St. Michael's College Courses
• Course: SMC330Y1
• Professor: Reid Locklin

Document Summary

Popular vision becomes historical need historical and divine. Nature of gospels in developing traditions (one of jesus, other of early xtian. Importance of believing in him community), history metaphorized and remembered. Post-easter jesus and pre-easter jesus (real man vs divine) Jesus of history and jesus of faith, splitting is symptomatic of the west. Apocalyptic writings of day as evidence to . Only real facts of jesus are what apostles/gospels left. In attic: history as faith divorced from history vs in dungeon vice versa. Exegetes (interpreter of scripture) to use early interpreters and add to it, not ignore it, employ new methods (historical context), heed advice of pope (form- Critical method), to use all means available to interpret scripture properly. Keeping mind on who is the audience/preached. If all rules observed, study of scriptures will contribute to the benefit of the faithful (i. e. salvation) Biblical commission: multi level understanding of how gospels took shape.