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New Testament

New Testament. BCM 103 Dr. Dave Mathewson Gordon College/Denver Seminary. Literary Genres of the NT. Narrative (Gospels and Acts) Epistolary (Paul’s and General letters) Apocalypse (Revelation). Reliability. Can we trust our Gospels?

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New Testament

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  1. New Testament BCM 103Dr. Dave MathewsonGordon College/Denver Seminary

  2. Literary Genres of the NT • Narrative (Gospels and Acts) • Epistolary (Paul’s and General letters) • Apocalypse (Revelation)

  3. Reliability • Can we trust our Gospels? • C. S. Lewis’ famous trilemma: liar, lunatic, or Lord!—Legend? • Who was Jesus? Historical or Fiction (Brown) • Early church’s theology and faith or historical? • Craig Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (IVP, 1987) • Reconstructing Church History—Bart Erhman Lost Christianities

  4. Reliability • Early concern for what was true of Christ • False dichotomy between history and theology • Evidence that the church was interested in accurately portraying the life and teachings of Christ—Luke 1:1-4 (eyewitnesses)

  5. We can trust our Gospels! • Eyewitnesses • Agreement between the Gospels • Much can be confirmed historically • The nature of the Gospels

  6. Who’s Using Who?-Synoptics Matt 17.1: And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves… Mark 9.2: And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves…. Luke 9.28: Now about eight days after this he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

  7. Mark Q Matthew Luke

  8. Reasons Mark Wrote 1st • MT and LK smooth over and condense MK • Most of MK is found in MT and LK • 97% found in MT • 88% found in LK • When MT, MK and LK are parallel, MT and LK almost never deviate together from MK; but MT and Mk do from LK and LK and MK do from MT

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