Christian Beginnings notes for 4-22-02

EXAM TIMES!
Starts @ Wednesday (4-24-02)
Thursday is open for testing
Friday there is no school for students!!
Monday is open for testing
And the test ends at 5:00 P.M.

The test will take about 1 hour and 20 minutes or less. The test is in the center building on the 4th floor, room 423. Bring picture I.D, plus your student #.
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Jewish sect.->Gentile religion (non jewish)
Books in the order written:
Mark 65-70 A.D.
Mathew 75-80 A.D. Mathew borrowed material from Mark.
Luke-80-85 Borrows from both Mark and Mathew
ALL 3 OF THESE BOOKS ARE CALLED SYNOPTIC VIEWS. THEY ALL FOLLOW, IN GENERAL, THE SAME STORIES, ONLY TOLD BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
John-90-100 A.D. Debate if he ever borrowed any material.

"Q" document is a theoretical document shared by mathew and luke, it is an unknown document to help write both mathew and luke.

"why do scholars believe John did not write revelation." The Revelation of John
John-very strong jewish element. + the gospel of John has very simplistic verbiage and "revelation" is very well constructed and used hightened verbiage.

Peters vision of the unclean feast: Peter says he has never eaten any unclean meat...he kept the laws of the old testament-dietary restrictions in Judaism.
Gentiles should be evangelized/pnoselytized non jews could start being converted.

Acts 15-counsil @ JERUSELEM.
-Gentiles only have to no eat food sacrificed to idols
-abstain from immorality
-some tension between jews and gentiles
-Gospel of mark, jesus claims all foods clean->mathew tries to keep the law

Pauls influence which greatly reduced jewish elements. People still believed in past occurrences...IE. Adam and Eve...Ect. Not to necessarily follow deuteronomy and leviticus teachings!

WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP.
Crosson-Resurrection is a metaphor
"the spirit of jesus' life and teaching is with us."
Miracles are metaphors
"I'm not a naturalist"
Does not believe in supernatural/supernatural does exist but doesn't intervene.
Deism=naturalistic view.
Crosson= says miracles as subjective response of faith to the unexplainable.
Crosson largest metaphor is that God is a metaphor. GOD DOESN'T EXIST W/OUT HUMAN CONTACT..SAYS CROSSON....:(

SHOULD READ PAGES 77-98 IN REAL JESES BY MONDAY NEXT WEEK!!