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Essay Instructions: I have to 5 typewritten essay will address an issue related to the text of the gospel of Luke, The following divisions and their accompanying suggested topics and titles for papers are just that -- suggestions.

Essay Instructions: [Short Answer] Answer the following questions:

Compare and contrast the religious, political, and social views of the Samaritans, Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes.

Describe some features of Greco-Roman religion. In what ways did religion function differently then than it does for people today?

What are differences between ancient biographies and modern ones?

How do each of the synoptic gospels end?

In Mark 11:12??"14 Jesus curses a fig tree. This story is intercalated (sandwiched) with another story in the Gospel. How does the story of the fig tree help us interpret the other story?

Why does Luke use both Hellenistic and Jewish images to convey who Jesus is?

How do Matthew and Luke tell the stories of the birth of Jesus differently? How is this significant for each of their gospels?



[Long Answer] Discuss the Themes of Luke:

What is the Synoptic Problem? Which Gospels are part of it? Discuss the “Four-Source Hypothesis” (also called the Two-Source Hypothesis) and the implication this hypothesis has for dating the Synoptic Gospels.

What is the messianic secret? How does this motif function as a theme in Mark’s Gospel?

Discuss Mark’s portrayal of the disciples, particularly Peter. How are they presented and why?

Describe the development of the New Testament canon. What are the different stages of transmission?

Discuss the ways in which Matthew portrays Jesus as a new Moses. Give specific examples.

Discuss literary presentation and style of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Also discus
the presentation of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Essay Instructions: WRITE A 2,000 WORD PAPER..."A THEOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF THE GOSPELS AND THE EPISTLES.... INCLUDE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES... LONG THE FLOOWING LINES..FORM, SUBSTANCE, ORIGIN, CANONICAL FUNCTION. CITE SOME SCRIPTURE AND INCLUDE SOME DISCUSSION OF THE INTERPRETATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOSPELS AND EPISTLES...

Essay Instructions: Discuss the purpose, reliability and relevance of the gospel records. How do these written records relate to history/theology? Draw specific textual support from your reading in Mark and John to demonstrate the assertions made in your paper.
Key Sources to be used in the paper:
Mark and John
Volumne 1 New Testament Foundations
Stedman Commentary (CD ROM) Pages 479f, 501f, 527f
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ/ Part 1: examining the Record