The Gospels
Matthew (45-60)
Mark (64-67)
Luke (64-67)
John (70-100)
Author: Matthew/ details point to a tax collector
Author:Mark/ Testimonies from Papias and other eyewitness testimony
Author: John Luke/ called the beloved physician
Author: John/ semetic style and testimonies from Irenaus
Audience: Jews (Jesus is the new Moses)
Audience:Roman (translations into latin)
Audience:Gentiles and Jews (use of the phase "logos"
Audience: Jewish Christians ( gave hope during persecution)
Key Themes:Universality and the Holy Spirit
Key Themes:Jesus is the new Moses
Key Themes: apologia for the crucifixion
Misc: introduction to Theophilus
Key Themes: 7 "I am" statements and John the baptist ISN'T Jesus
Jesus: the new Moses
Jesus: Mighty and authoritative
Jesus: the son of God
Jesus:the "I am"
Features: 5 discourses and Sermon on the mount
Features: very fast paced
Features:Focus on evangelism
Features: prologue that mimics Genesis
Misc: Source Q
Misc: Messianic secrer
Misc: Rylands fragment ( transcripts of Jon found in Egypt)