REL 1005 : Religion Test Two
Document Summary
Include recurring forms: form criticism- deals with the individual units with in the gospel, pericope- individual unit of tradition, forms, narratives, sayings parable. \the synoptic problem: statement of the problem, contents of the synopsis. Special material l: agreement in wording, stories that are told in all synoptic, agreements in order, three important theories, griesbach hypothesis, matthew was first to be written and others copies from. Matthew: followed by luke which copied matthew and added his own, mark at end of process shortening the material from both luke and matthew. Matthew luke: issue: minor agreements of matthew and luke against. Mark in the triple tradition: proto-mark hypothesis, earlier form of mark. The gospel of mark part 1: two ways to read the gospel, harmonistic reading- gospels are studied in a group, not individually, the composite christ. He also introduces the portrait of the returning messiah.
