Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
What are the Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, and Luke
- View the life and ministry of Jesus
- Similar perspectives, content, working and arrangement
Agrapha
Unwritten things
- Did not appear in the Gospels but cited in other books. i.e Acts 20:35
Apocryphal Gospels
Greek “to hide away”
Not included in the NT canon
Pronouncement Story
Short narrative episode building to a statement by Jesus
Periope
A miracle story
Four portraits of the one John
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
What does it mean to read the Gospels “ vertically” ?
Reading from the top to the bottom
- Beginning - End // following the story line
Evangelion Gospel
Used in Greek
meaning: Good tiding or good news
Characters
Individuals or groups who function in a narrative
Plot
Progression of a narrative
1) Intro
2) conflict
3) climax
40 conclusion
Setting
Where characters act and events occur
-Local, temporal, socioculture
Redaction Criticism
1) Analyze2) Discern 3) determine 4) identify
Define and explain Gospel Genre
Type of Literature - with own rules to communicate meaning in a particular manner
i.e Poetry, narrative, letters, gospels or parables
Form Criticism
Word of mouth - oral sources i.e sayings and stories of Jesus passed down
Source Criticism
Written sources -
Written sources that lie behind the Gospel and relationship to one another
Define and describe Narrative Lit.
Stories, plot, characters & settings
Gospel have similar events, life, death and resurrection
Three reasons the synoptic Gospels are interdependent
Simliar
Wording, order and content
Narrative Criticism
Method of literary analysis that treat the Gospels as a narrative or story
Define and describe Historical Lit.
Three way:
1) history of composition 2) context 3) accurate
