VIRTUAL RELIGION NETWORK Virtual Religion Index - Premier Gateway to Research Quality Websites. Synoptic Gospels Primer - Source Analysis of Matthew, Mark & Luke. Into His Own - Sourcebook for Interpreting the World of Jesus. Jesus Seminar Forum - Gateway to Research of the Jesus Seminar. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER The gospel of Thomas provides evidence that the parable of the sower could & did circulate in early Christian circles without any explanatory comments. Yet, all of the synoptic gospels record substantially the same explanation in exactly the same place -- not directly after the parable itself, but after a discussion of Jesus' rationale for using parables that claims Jesus' disciples were JESUS' DEBATE WITH THE DEVIL Jesus' Debate with the Devil. 21. DEBATE with the DEVIL. Matt 4. Mark 1. Luke 4. 3. And the tempter came. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER The prevailing solution to the synoptic problem for the past century among scholars trained in literary criticism of the gospels. Simply put, the thesis is that the gospels of Matthew & Luke are independent compositions, each based on two earlier texts: Mark & Q. (1) The basic premise is the priority of Mark. Mark is identified as the source of the narrative structure of the other two

DAMASCUS COVENANT

Many fragments found in Caves 4, 5 & 6 at Qumran were identified as belonging to a text that was first discovered in the genizah of the old Cairo synagogue in 1896 & published by Solomon Schechter as Fragments of a Zadokite work.The name Damascus Covenant (CD) became the title preferred by scrolls scholars. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER / NT GREEK FONTS The oldest mss. of the gospels are those composed in koiné ("common") Greek, the efficient colloquial form of the Athenian ("Attic") dialectic that evolved as the everyday medium of inter-ethnic spoken commerce in the eastern Mediterranean world in the wake of Alexander the Great's conquest of that region (334-323 BCE).Since people always tend to write as they speak, by the 1st c. CE koiné

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander the Great. Nineteenth king of Macedonia, who conquered the Persian Empire & initiated the fusion of Greek & oriental cultures known as Hellenism that dominated the eastern Mediterranean world for the next nine centuries. Alexander was the first conqueror in history who planned not only to occupy enemy territory by military force but QUMRAN - THANKSGIVINGS SCROLL Qumran - Thanksgivings Scroll. Hebrew: Hodayoth. Collection of hymns of praise found in cave 1 at Qumran. The author of these poems thanks God for having granted him wisdom to act as "interpreter of wonderful mysteries" & opponent of "the interpreters of error" who despise him. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER Synoptic Gospels Primer - Glossary : Chreia. A brief anecdote focused on reporting a memorable saying or action associated with a prominent person. The Greek word referred to "what is useful (or needed)," especially in confrontations with others (war, business, debate). In Greek rhetoric it designated a narrative statement or story that could

QUMRAN: FLORILEGIUM

Qumran: Florilegium. F lorilegium Fragment of an eschatological commentary found in cave 4 at Qumran . The author invokes various biblical texts (e.g., 2 Sam 7, Ps 1 & 2, Exod 15, Ezek 37, Isa 8 & 65) & characterizes the Davidic Messiah as God's son. Other important Dead Sea Scrolls. VIRTUAL RELIGION NETWORK Virtual Religion Index - Premier Gateway to Research Quality Websites. Synoptic Gospels Primer - Source Analysis of Matthew, Mark & Luke. Into His Own - Sourcebook for Interpreting the World of Jesus. Jesus Seminar Forum - Gateway to Research of the Jesus Seminar. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER The gospel of Thomas provides evidence that the parable of the sower could & did circulate in early Christian circles without any explanatory comments. Yet, all of the synoptic gospels record substantially the same explanation in exactly the same place -- not directly after the parable itself, but after a discussion of Jesus' rationale for using parables that claims Jesus' disciples were JESUS' DEBATE WITH THE DEVIL Jesus' Debate with the Devil. 21. DEBATE with the DEVIL. Matt 4. Mark 1. Luke 4. 3. And the tempter came. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER The prevailing solution to the synoptic problem for the past century among scholars trained in literary criticism of the gospels. Simply put, the thesis is that the gospels of Matthew & Luke are independent compositions, each based on two earlier texts: Mark & Q. (1) The basic premise is the priority of Mark. Mark is identified as the source of the narrative structure of the other two

DAMASCUS COVENANT

Many fragments found in Caves 4, 5 & 6 at Qumran were identified as belonging to a text that was first discovered in the genizah of the old Cairo synagogue in 1896 & published by Solomon Schechter as Fragments of a Zadokite work.The name Damascus Covenant (CD) became the title preferred by scrolls scholars. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER / NT GREEK FONTS The oldest mss. of the gospels are those composed in koiné ("common") Greek, the efficient colloquial form of the Athenian ("Attic") dialectic that evolved as the everyday medium of inter-ethnic spoken commerce in the eastern Mediterranean world in the wake of Alexander the Great's conquest of that region (334-323 BCE).Since people always tend to write as they speak, by the 1st c. CE koiné

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander the Great. Nineteenth king of Macedonia, who conquered the Persian Empire & initiated the fusion of Greek & oriental cultures known as Hellenism that dominated the eastern Mediterranean world for the next nine centuries. Alexander was the first conqueror in history who planned not only to occupy enemy territory by military force but QUMRAN - THANKSGIVINGS SCROLL Qumran - Thanksgivings Scroll. Hebrew: Hodayoth. Collection of hymns of praise found in cave 1 at Qumran. The author of these poems thanks God for having granted him wisdom to act as "interpreter of wonderful mysteries" & opponent of "the interpreters of error" who despise him. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER Synoptic Gospels Primer - Glossary : Chreia. A brief anecdote focused on reporting a memorable saying or action associated with a prominent person. The Greek word referred to "what is useful (or needed)," especially in confrontations with others (war, business, debate). In Greek rhetoric it designated a narrative statement or story that could

QUMRAN: FLORILEGIUM

Qumran: Florilegium. F lorilegium Fragment of an eschatological commentary found in cave 4 at Qumran . The author invokes various biblical texts (e.g., 2 Sam 7, Ps 1 & 2, Exod 15, Ezek 37, Isa 8 & 65) & characterizes the Davidic Messiah as God's son. Other important Dead Sea Scrolls. VIRTUAL RELIGION NETWORK Virtual Religion Index - Premier Gateway to Research Quality Websites. Synoptic Gospels Primer - Source Analysis of Matthew, Mark & Luke. Into His Own - Sourcebook for Interpreting the World of Jesus. Jesus Seminar Forum - Gateway to Research of the Jesus Seminar. VIRTUAL RELIGION INDEX To locate them one needs something deeper than a list of favorites, yet more circumspect than a search engine. This Virtual Religion Index is a tool for students with little time. It analyzes & highlights important content of religion-related websites to speed research. Hyperlinks are provided not only to homepages but to major directories

JESUS SEMINAR FORUM

The Jesus Seminar Forum is an introduction to the research of the Jesus Seminar of the Westar Institute & a bridge to Jesus scholarship on line.: Convened in 1985 by Robert W. Funk, the Jesus Seminar has become a lightning rod for international debate about the "historical Jesus" - that is, the real facts about the person to whom various Christian gospels refer. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER This Synoptic Gospels Primer is designed for students in college level courses on the gospels or anyone else interested in the "Synoptic Problem."It was created for undergraduate New Testament courses at Rutgers University (New Brunswick campuses). A Synoptic Gospels Primer is an electronic gateway for English speakers into the history of literary analysis of gospels that were originally

DAMASCUS COVENANT

Many fragments found in Caves 4, 5 & 6 at Qumran were identified as belonging to a text that was first discovered in the genizah of the old Cairo synagogue in 1896 & published by Solomon Schechter as Fragments of a Zadokite work.The name Damascus Covenant (CD) became the title preferred by scrolls scholars. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER 16:1-8 (9-20) 24:1-53. By definition the " Synoptics" are those gospels that report the same general outline for the story of Jesus. There is enough sustained agreement between the sequence of sayings & deeds that Matthew, Mark & Luke ascribe to Jesus to convince most scholars that the story-line of these gospels comes from the same

text.

SAMARITAN JUDEAN FEUD 56. Assyrians Occupy Samaria 5: Then (in 724 BCE) the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.: 6: In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away

to Assyria

A DEVIL OF A TEST- THE UN-TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF JESUS Since the synoptic stories were not spun in splendid isolation, a claim that information was invented by one writer must be measured by the coherence of the alleged author's plan of composition and the pattern of redaction by the others. But the relation of Mark 1:12-13 to Matt 4:1-11 //Luke 4:1-13 resists explanation by any literary

source theory.

KINSHIP IS RELATIVE: MARK 3:31-35 AND PARALLELS Reduplicated pattern. Mark 3:31-35 is easily identified as the matrix behind Matt 12:46-50 and Luke 8:19-21./5/ The Markan narrative has six distinct elements phrased with characteristic redundancy:. A. Description of Jesus' mother and brothers "standing outside" (3:31). B. Description of Jesus surrounded by "crowd" (3:32a). C: Jesus told: "Your mother and brothers are outside, seeking you" (3 Q: THE SYNOPTIC SAYINGS SOURCE (RED LETTER EDITION) Concept. Each canonical gospel credits Jesus with at least one saying involving the concept of representation. Though the idea is recorded in six different ways, the concept is the same. _Resources for Research & Reflection_ AWARD WINNING WEBSITES VIRTUAL RELIGION INDEX - _Premier Gateway to Research Quality Websites_ SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER _- Source Analysis of Matthew, Mark & Luke_ INTO HIS OWN _- Sourcebook for Interpreting the

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