Jesus claims or not claims to messiahship Flashcards
what had mark and the other evangelists learnt from J especially after his death and resurrection
they learnt that it seemed only natural for J to be messiah who had fulfilled his prophecies of Hebrew scriptures
when they came to write the scriptures what did they find out about J
that he had been Ambivalent about claiming be the messiah
what did mark bridge himself from
the difference between his own beliefs and reality of Jesus cautious self and the perception of the literary motive of the Messianic secret
who wrote about the literary motive of the messianic secret
Mark - as a way of answering why J was not widely regarded as it during his life
who firstly proposed the idea of the messianic secret in later history
William Wrede in 1901
what is the problem with the messianic secret
there are other pieces of information that contradict it
what are the other pieces of information that contradict the messianic secret
Possessed man in Jericho and that J was condemned to death for claiming to be king of jews
J believe he was but never claimed to be Messiah but this had some problems such as..
2 reasons for the writing of the Gospels - 1 being the life and teaching of J
2- to provide a resource for christians at a time that would facilitate their own spiritual nurture swell as their own mission to call others
another idea of the problems of the fact that J new he was messiah?
J idea of messiah was different to the people of that time
what did people of J time think the Messaih should be
political king - something that J sought fully denied
what did messiah mean to J
humble service and obedience to God so therefore he used the messianic language openly it would have not clarified his message and had opposite effect
J attitudes were constant thought out his life, how is this shown?
he calls himself the son of man which had no ready made meaning unless you thought it through
also did many miracles : temptations (luke4;1-13) baptism (luke:1:9-11) , entry into jerusalem (mk) would lose meaning if not claim to messiahship
what is the most satisfactory conclusion
that J believe his was but avoid word messiah because would suggested earthly king and new political status
how was his ministry presented
in a way that would conceal any claims to be messiah from those who did not want to understand it and offer clues to those who did.
how many instance is there for J calling himself messiah
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