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Synoptic Gospels Research & Contemporary Christian Theology

Synoptic Gospels Research & Contemporary Christian Theology . What Difference Does It Make?. What does synoptic analysis get us?. The evangelists as theologians Traces of Jesus’ disciples What were their concerns, hopes, dreams?

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Synoptic Gospels Research & Contemporary Christian Theology

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  1. Synoptic Gospels Research&Contemporary Christian Theology What Difference Does It Make?

  2. What does synoptic analysis get us? • The evangelists as theologians • Traces of Jesus’ disciples • What were their concerns, hopes, dreams? • What did they find of utmost importance concerning Jesus of Nazareth?

  3. Knowing Jesus of Nazareth What difference does it make if we know the “historical Jesus”? • Basileia message • Problem parables • Soteria praxis

  4. Divine Revelation is Historical

  5. Knowing Jesus as the Christ “Before the son of God could descend from heaven and die on the cross, Jesus of Nazareth had to rise from the dead.” John Shea, Stories of God, 117.

  6. Εv ρχv  λόγoς, κα λόγoς v πρς τv θεόv, κα θες v  λόγoς. oτoς v v ρχ πρς τv θεόv. (John1:1–2; UBS4) In the very beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was in the presence of the one true God, and the Logos itself was Divine. This is how it has been with God from the very beginning. (John 1:1–2; SEM) Jesus à la John “the Divine”

  7. πάvτα δι' ατoγέvετo, κα χωρς ατoγέvετo oδv.  γέγovεv v ατ ζωv, κα ζωv τ φς τv vθρώπωv: κα τ φς v τ σκoτί φαίvει, κα σκoτία ατ o κατέλαβεv. John1:3–5; UBS4 All that exists came into being through [the Logos], and apart from it not a single thing came into existence. [Indeed] What has come into being through the Logos is Life itself, and this Life was the Light of all humanity. And the Light through the darkness shines forth, and the darkness did not overcome it. John 1:3–5; SEM Jesus à la John “the Divine”

  8. Jesus à la John “the Divine” • And the Logos became flesh and camped among us, and we have seen its glory, the glory as of a father's beloved son and heir, full of grace and truth. … • No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made God known. John 1:14, 16–18; modified NRSV

  9. Jesus à laKarl Rahner • Evolutionary leap forward for human race • Pioneer of our faith • Eschatological prophet • Final revelation of fullness of God

  10. Jesus à la Paul Tillich • And Jesus said unto them, “And who do you say that I am?” • They replied, “You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the ontological foundation of the context of our very selfhood revealed.” • And Jesus replied, “What?”

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