Chapter 1-3

Question 1

What are the Synoptic Gospels

Answer 1

Matthew, Mark, and Luke
- View the life and ministry of Jesus
- Similar perspectives, content, working and arrangement

Question 2

Agrapha

Answer 2

Unwritten things
- Did not appear in the Gospels but cited in other books. i.e Acts 20:35

Question 3

Apocryphal Gospels

Answer 3

Greek “to hide away”
Not included in the NT canon

Question 4

Pronouncement Story

Answer 4

Short narrative episode building to a statement by Jesus

Question 5

Periope

Answer 5

A miracle story

Question 6

Four portraits of the one John

Answer 6

Matthew - Messiah ( Jewish) ** Most structured
Mark - Son of God ** Most Dramatic
Luke - Savior of the World - Most thematic
John - Eternal life of Jesus - Most theological

Question 7

What does it mean to read the Gospels “ vertically” ?

Answer 7

Reading from the top to the bottom
- Beginning - End // following the story line

Question 8

Evangelion Gospel

Answer 8

Used in Greek
meaning: Good tiding or good news

Question 9

Characters

Answer 9

Individuals or groups who function in a narrative

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

Progression of a narrative
1) Intro
2) conflict
3) climax
40 conclusion

Question 11

Setting

Answer 11

Where characters act and events occur
-Local, temporal, socioculture

Question 12

Redaction Criticism

Answer 12

1) Analyze2) Discern 3) determine 4) identify

Question 13

Define and explain Gospel Genre

Answer 13

Type of Literature - with own rules to communicate meaning in a particular manner
i.e Poetry, narrative, letters, gospels or parables

Question 14

Form Criticism

Answer 14

Word of mouth - oral sources i.e sayings and stories of Jesus passed down

Question 15

Source Criticism

Answer 15

Written sources -
Written sources that lie behind the Gospel and relationship to one another

Question 16

Define and describe Narrative Lit.

Answer 16

Stories, plot, characters & settings
Gospel have similar events, life, death and resurrection

Question 17

Three reasons the synoptic Gospels are interdependent

Answer 17

Simliar
Wording, order and content

Question 18

Narrative Criticism

Answer 18

Method of literary analysis that treat the Gospels as a narrative or story

Question 19

Define and describe Historical Lit.

Answer 19

Three way:
1) history of composition 2) context 3) accurate