Critical Intro Nt

“KINGDOM OF HEAVEN”/“KINGDOM OF GOD”/“CHURCH”

2 PETER AND JUDE IN PARALLEL

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A CLUSTER OF POSITIONS

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1.   (Un)conscious desire to avoid the demand made on a person’s life if these materials are

ACCEPTING THE PAULINE CORPUS

ANIMAL SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL APOCALYPTIC

CANON CRITICISM

CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF 1 PETER

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CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF ACTS

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CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF COLOSSIANS

CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF EPHESIANS

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CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF HEBREWS

CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF ROMANS

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF PAUL

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COLOSSIANS, PHILEMON, AND EPHESIANS SENT

SIMULTANEOUSLY  (plus the letter to the Laodecians?)

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO 1 JOHN

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CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO 1 PETER

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO 2 JOHN

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CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO 3 JOHN

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 I. Authorship

It is uncertain whether there is any evidence for 3 John ‘s being cited before the third century, if the Muratorian Canon speaks only of two epistles of John. This lack of citation and mention is understandable because of its brevity and the character of its contents. What was said of “the Elder” in connection with 1 John applies here also.

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO JAMES

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO JUDE

DATES AND ORIGIN OF NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS

DESTINATION AND DATE OF GALATIANS

EXTERNAL TESTIMONY TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF HEBREWS

EXTRA NAMES IN THE HEADINGS OF

FRAGMENTING PHILIPPIANS

GENERAL SCHEMATIC FOR CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS

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GNOSTICISM AND THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS

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GOODSPEED’S ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE

HEBREWS AND THE ALEXANDRIAN ORIGIN OR DESTINY

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HEBREWS’ RHETORICAL STYLE

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND BEHIND GALATIANS

IMPLICATIONS OF THE UNITY OF BIBLICAL MATERIALS

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    I. Jeremiah as a test case

INTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR

INTERNAL EVIDENCE ON CRITICAL MATTERS: HEBREWS

INTERNAL EVIDENCE ON THE AUTHORSHIP OF

INTERPRETATION IN HEBREWS CONTRASTED TO

THE ALLEGORICAL METHOD OF PHILO

IRREGULAR LINGUISTIC FEATURES IN REVELATION:

LUKE-ACTS AS INTERPRETED HISTORY

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I.  Selectivity

            The fact that the book does not recount all the events means that selection has occurred. If selection has occurred, the writer does not just tell about a bunch of things that happened (“stream of consciousness”). Rather, he is a historian that makes a judgment about what events are epitomes and direction-setting events. Seeing the big picture, a historian chooses events that—from the vantage point of God above or of later perspective—prove to be more important because of their impact on subsequent events or prove more useful to any distinctive purpose the author may have.

MATTERS THAT AFFECT STYLE

METHOD IN LITERARY CRITICISM

NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES AND THE USE OF AMANUENSES

OBSERVATIONS ON REVELATION

ORIGIN OF THE ROMAN CHURCH(ES)

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ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

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                  A prevalent idea in current religious studies is that Christianity as we know it became associated by way of historical process with the Roman government. The line of descent from Jesus that history preserved was that line of development, both as to its viewpoints and its literature. Petrine Christianity as represented by the Judaizers was the main contrast to Pauline Christianity and its international universalism. Government influence suppressed and destroyed the writings of “heretics” as measured by the preserved standard, and generally disenfranchised its people. So, the understanding of Jesus as well as the canonical literature that has descended to us results from historical processes and no more represent a “legitimate,” or true, understanding of Jesus than other traditions did.

PASTORALS: DATE, DESTINATION, SEQUENCE, PURPOSE

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PAUL’S CONNECTIONS WITH CORINTH

                                                         Writing of 2 Corinthians (2 Cor. 1:1-2)

PAUL’S “MANY ADVERSARIES” IN EPHESUS

PAUL’S VISITS TO JERUSALEM

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Events in Galatians                                                 Events in Acts

PECULIARITIES OF JOHN’S GOSPEL

PECULIARITIES OF LUKE

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1.   Indicates most noticeably the prayer life of Jesus

PECULIARITIES OF MARK

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PECULIARITIES OF MATTHEW

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           1.  Among the gospels, greatest number of Old Testament citations of prophecies fulfilled in

PEG DATES FOR NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES

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PHILIPPIANS: THE TIME OF WRITING

WITHIN THE ROMAN IMPRISONMENT

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PLACE OF ACTS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

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PLACE OF WRITING THE PRISON EPISTLES

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PRIMARY QUESTIONS IN THE COLLECTION

OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON

REASONS FOR THE “MOOD SHIFT” BETWEEN

RECENSIONS OF ROMANS

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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOURFOLD CORINTHIAN

CORRESPONDENCE THEORY

ROMANS: ORIGIN, DATE, AND DESTINATION

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SEQUENCE OF THE THESSALONIAN CORRESPONDENCE

SKETCH OF PROPOSITIONS AND PRESUPPOSITIONS

SOURCES OF THE PAULINE MATERIAL

THE “PREVIOUS LETTER” TO THE CORINTHIANS

THE “SPEECHES” IN ACTS

THE COLOSSIAN HERESY

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THE DETERMINING PRINCIPLES FOR CANONICITY

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                  In keeping with the structure of apologetics, the following sketch deals with the principles for determining whether a writing belongs in the Judaeo-Christian canon.

THE GOSPELS IN GENERAL

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 I. Form

THE ORIGIN OF GNOSTICISM AND ITS BEARING ON THE

DATE OF COLOSSIANS

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THE PROBLEM OF THE PASTORALS

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     THE PURPOSE OF ACTS

THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SYNOPTICS

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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA

THE SEVEN DAYS OF CONSUMMATION

THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

THE WITNESS OF ACTS TO THE KERYGMA

THESSALONIANS TIME LINE

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TRACING PAUL’S MOVEMENTS

BEHIND THE THESSALONIAN CORRESPONDENCE

TYPICAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

USE OF AMANUENSES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

(Overview)

WISDOM LITERATURE

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Introduction