things for lesson 3 Flashcards
shortest gospel
what is it about
Mark
about Jesus being the Messiah
messiah
jewish for the “anointed one”
how is Jesus perceived in the Mark Gospel
as Authoritative
becomes hated by jewish leaders
Mark perceives him as the suffering son of God
jewish leaders
Jewish scribes
Pharisees
The Herodians
Sadducees
Chief priests
Jewish scribes
the literate elite
those who could read and study the sacred traditions of Israel and, presumably, teach them to others
Pharisees
Jews who were strongly committed to maintaining the purity laws set forth in the Torah
who developed their own set of more carefully nuanced laws to help them do so
The Herodians
a group of Jews that Mark mentions but does not identify
Sadducees
Jews of the upper classes who were closely connected with and strong advocates for the Temple cult in Jerusalem
Chief priests
upper classes of the Jewish priesthood who operated the Temple and oversaw its sacrifices
closely connected with the Sadducees
the real power players in Jesus’ day
the ones with the ear of the Roman governor in Jerusalem
the ones responsible for regulating the lives of the Jewish people in Judea
who realizes that Jesus is the Son of God in Mark’s Gospel?
God knows that Jesus is his Son
Jesus
the evil demons recognize Jesus as the Son of God
the author of the Gospel,
you the reader
messianic secret in Mark’s Gospel
Jesus does not one anyone to know that he is the son of God
Jesus does not want people to have the wrong idea about him
how are most of jesus’ followers lowkey blind?
they don’t understand what he is yet
they dont understand that he needs to suffer and die because he is the messiah
some seem to only want power out of it
“James and John, two of his closest followers, request positions of prominence when Jesus enters into his glorious kingdom”
In the New Testament Gospels, Jesus uses the term “son of man” in which three different ways?
On some occasions he uses it simply as a circumlocution for himself; that is, rather than referring directly to himself, Jesus sometimes speaks obliquely of “the son of man”
he sometimes uses it to speak of his impending suffering
he occasionally uses the term with reference to a cosmic figure who is coming to bring the judgment of God at the end of time
who betrays Jesus to jewish authorities?
Judas Iscariot
who denies jesus three times?
peter
who is the first to realize Jesus is the son of god in Mark?
a pagan soldier in charge of his crucifixion
in Mark, the women see the tomb and all.
who do they tell and why?
they tell no one
they were scared
The first readers of the Mark Gospel
the Christians of Mark’s community
most of whom would have been illiterate, and thus “read” the Gospel by hearing it read
evidently resided outside of Palestine and had Greek as their primary language
why was it concluded that mark was not jewish?
because he claimed the practice of washing one’s hands was practiced by all jews which was simply not true
who was Mark’s words most appealing to?
those that suffer in their daily life
it gave them hope
redaction criticism
the study of how authors have created a literary work by modifying or editing their sources of information
an author will modify a source of information only for a reason
most scholars believe that Matthew and Luke used which Gospel as a source for many of their stories about Jesus?
The Gospel of Mark
the Synoptic Gospel
why are they called this way
Matthew, Mark, and Luke
because they have so many stories in common that they can be placed side by side in columns and “seen together”
what is Q?
the source for Matthew and Luke for the stories that they have in common that are not, however, found in Mark
meaning Quelle (source) in german
M and L?
M is Matthew’s source from which he drew stories found in neither of the other Gospel
L is Luke’s source from which he drew stories found in neither of the other Gospel
three arguments for establishing Mark’s priority to Matthew and Luke
Patterns of Agreement
The Sequence of Narrative
Characteristics of the Changes
who is more likely to have preserved the original sequence of Q between Luke and Matthew?
Luke
the first Gospel in the New Testament canon
The Gospel of Matthew
what was Jesus’ language?
Aramaic
main theme of the Gospel of Matthew?
who was jesus to him?
Jesus is intimately connected with the history of the people of Israel
a direct descendant of Jacob and David
he is the hope of the Jewish people, the Jewish Messiah
he fulfills the prophecies
what is the most important number for ancient Jews?
the number 7
the first story that Matthew and Mark have in common
Jesus’ baptism by John
in Matthew, what does jesus do with his identity?
Jesus was openly proclaimed the messiah during his lifetime and was worshipped as such
what is an antithesis?
it is a contrary statement
in Matthew, do people talk about jesus’ resurrection
yeee
The synoptic problem
Mark, Matthew, and Luke are all so similar
one was written first and the other were written as a copy
the problem of how to explain the wide-ranging agreements and disagreements among these three Gospels
Markan priority
Mark is a source. The gospels of Matthew and Luke used Mark as their source to construct the gospels
Triple tradition
Any discourse that you can find in all the 3 synoptic Gospels
Double tradition
Material that you only find in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. It can also be referred to the Q source
