THEO 206- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Faith based on jesus christ"s life, teachings, death, ressurection and ascension into heaven. + apocrypha/deutero-canonical books: new testament (27 books including 4 gospels), gospels written 40-50 yrs after death of jesus. Matthew and luke based on earlier gospel of mark. Look very similar in content, scholars think that gospel of matthew audience for christian-jewish people. Gospel of luke - targeting a (gentile)unfamiliar or wider audience, used more universal language. Jesus is the eternal son and logos (or word) of god, the incarnate god on earth. There are also apocryphal (or secret) gospels attributed to thomas, peter, mary magdalene, philip, and even. Judas most of them come from gnostic circles and are later. The gospels tell us about jesus"s birth, then an episode at age 12, and his life around the age of 30. Luke the evangelist, symbolized by a bull or a calf, to represent christ as sacrifice and as priest.
