03:05

Religion is ta patria: "paternal things; paternal inherence"

05:01

Written Sources

1. Pauline and Catholic Epistles, 49-62 A.D. (from the time Paul left the Jerusalem conference in 49 ?A.D. ? to 62 A.D. when he was executed.)

2. The Gospels, 60s-80s, or early 90s;

• Mark (Oldest gospel) ca. 65 A.D.

• Papias (2nd Century Writer): "Matthew wrote the oracles in Hebrew."

• Only Matthew and Luck have the "infancy" narrative.

• Matthew's is the most Jewish of the Gospels. (many "begat")

• John offers a great deal less narration. His focus ?is more on doctrine, basic teachings.

• In antiquity, "the public deeds of great men" is what history was normally understood to be; Biography was normally understood to be the revelation of personal character.

09:14

The "Synoptic Problem"

Synoptic: What you can see with one eye

• A name for the way we understand the literary relationship among the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luck

The "Two Document Hypothesis":

• Matthew's gospel and Luck's gospel were built by two independent authors form Mark's gospel and "Q" (Quelle; "Source")

15:15

Jesus of Nazareth

John the Baptist, Jordan River

Jesus went down to Jerusalem and his teachings irritated various factions, consequently got denounced to the Romans which led to his public execution. And then he resurrected and continued preaching for a few weeks before ascending into heaven.

17:31

?Historical Puzzles

1. Luck says that when Jesus was born, Quirinius was governor of Syria, and that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, where his parents had gone to register for a census.

2. Luck says (3.1) that John the Baptist began preaching in the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. (26-27 A.D. or 28-29 A.D.)

3. Tradition says that Jesus was 30 when he began his ministry, and that he preached for three years.