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UNDERSTANDING THE TIME, WORLD AND POWER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION. CLASS NUMBER 2 SECTION ONE Introduction to Criticism. UNDERSTANDING THE TIME, WORLD AND POWER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS . JESUS CHRIST our LORD and Savior. While the NT is about Him, are there other writings that show Him?

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UNDERSTANDING THE TIME, WORLD AND POWER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

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  1. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION CLASS NUMBER 2 SECTION ONE Introduction to Criticism UNDERSTANDINGTHE TIME, WORLD AND POWER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

  2. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS • JESUS CHRIST our LORD and Savior. While the NT is about Him, are there other writings that show Him? • If there are, are they significant? THE NEW TESTAMENT IS ABOUT…

  3. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  4. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS “AbgarusUchama the Toparch. To Jesus the good Saviour that (has) appeared in the parts (place) of Jerusalem, greeting. LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  5. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS I have heard concerning (you) and (your) cures, that they are done of (you) without drugs or herbs: for, as the report goes, (you) make blind LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  6. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS men to see again, lame to walk, and clean lepers, and cast out unclean spirits and devils, and those that are afflicted with long sickness LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  7. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS (you) heal, and raise the dead.  And having heard all this of (you), I had determined one of two things, either that (you) are God come down LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  8. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS from heaven, and so do these things or are a Son of God that does these things. Therefore now have I written and entreated (you) to trouble LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  9. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS yourself to come to me and heal the affliction which I have. Or indeed I have heard that the Jews even murmur against (you) and wish to do LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  10. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS (you) hurt. And I have a very little city (and) comely (reverend), which is sufficient for us both.” Eusebius , Ecclesiastical History (i. 13), translated from Syriac (word for word) LETTER FROM ANCIENT KING OF EDESSA.

  11. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS The New Lion Handbook ofCHRISTIAN HISTORY

  12. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS FROM ANCIENT HISTORY MANY OTHERS TOOK ACCOUNT. Jesus Christ is historical. Luke 1 and Acts 1

  13. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS THE WORLD INTO WHICH JESUS WAS BORN WAS A LITERATE WORLD WITH MANY RECORDS KEPT. BUT WHAT MAKES A WORD AUTHORITATIVE?

  14. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS THE SOURCE1- Known sources – public.2- Witness – peer review.3- Reputation – patterns of life.4- Motivations for writing. AUTHORITATIVE words.

  15. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS New TestamentWas the NT written by people who were known? Was their material public for peer review? Did they have reputations for being with Jesus? Was their motive pure? AUTHORITATIVE words.

  16. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT Technology1-Written on scrolls.2- Written in all-cap letters called UNCIALS.3- Copies were made by hand. 4- Scriptoriums were used when possible. AUTHORITATIVE words.

  17. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT TechnologyTeaching letters were the first sections created for the early Church.Paul’s letters were probably copied by hand. To copy Paul’s letters was considered a high and Holy task.

  18. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT Technology1- Scrolls – codex books2- Uncials (caps) changed to cursive writing.3- Translations into other languages became predominant because the church spread so fast and so vast into other cultures.

  19. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION Acts 2:5-11 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered,

  20. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION Acts 2:5-11 because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 

  21. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION Acts 2:5-11 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,

  22. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION Acts 2:5-11 Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians

  23. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION Acts 2:5-11 we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

  24. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATION KEY POINTS: 1- There were 17 different worldwide LOCATIONS and CULTURES who were present at the day of Pentecost. God is the One who initiated the translation of the New Testament.

  25. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT TechnologyMOST NOTABLE translations came in the form of:-LATIN-SYRIAC-GREEK*Many copies were made and sometimes they were made with mistakes.

  26. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYRome was divided into EAST and WEST.Rome was the head- quarters of the WEST. Constantinople was the headquarters of the EAST.

  27. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYCHRISTIANITY DIVIDED ROME!Emperor Constantine declared the EDICT of MILAN in 313 making Christianity legal. Constantine transferred his eastern capital from

  28. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYCHRISTIANITY DIVIDED ROME!…Nicomedia to Byzantium which he renamed CONSTANTINOPLE in 330. The “division of civilization” had a dramatic impact on the western world.

  29. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYCHRISTIANITY DIVIDED ROME!The Eastern empire began to supplant in terms of economy, cultural and religions power and persuasion.

  30. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYCHRISTIANITY DIVIDED ROME!At Constantine’s death he have the empire to his sons who squandered it. When the following emperor Valentinian I died the west fell victim to Rome’s enemies.

  31. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYRome = WEST = LATINConstantinople = EAST = GREEKThe “VULGATE” translation from Hebrew & Greek to LATIN.

  32. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORYConstantinople fell in 1453 to the Turks which fueled the return of Greek scripts to the WEST.This arrival and revival of ancient Greek scripts brought over…

  33. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS NT HISTORY5000 documents to reconcile with the foundational texts that have been used for the Church. This also had a dramatic impact upon English translations.

  34. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS - 5,000 pieces of script, parchment, papyrus.- 200 Uncials (cap letter)- 3,000 Minuscules (cursive) - 2,000 Lectionaries (Church year calendar with NT readings in them) NT HISTORYWhat we end up with:

  35. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS - thousands of quotations found from early Church fathers; so many we can create 98% of the NT using only their quotes. NT HISTORYWhat we end up with:

  36. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS -NT Scriptures on thousands of Ostraca. NT HISTORYWhat we end up with:

  37. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS -NT Scriptures on hundreds of Amulets. NT HISTORYWhat we end up with:

  38. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS Roman historian Tacitus works up the history and times of first century Rome. We have only one document backing his work up. That document is 900 years after the original! NT COMPARISON

  39. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS Euripides – Greek playwright is famous in liberal arts school. But his work is never questioned, even though it is only supported by 54 papyri and 276 parchments. NT COMPARISON

  40. New TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONS The History of Rome by VelleiusPaterculus, came from one complete manuscript dated more than 1700 years after his life but no one dare imagine to question his work. NT COMPARISON

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