HIST-211 Lecture 75: Paul of Tarsus
23 Sep 2020
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The earliest source for jesus followers is the writing of paul of tarsus. His letters focus not on jesus" ethical life, but on his work altering death: paul"s christianity. Emphasizes the messianic power of christ as a divine being incarnate. The death and resurrection of this incarnate divinity offered hope of resurrection to all who believed and became abraham"s seed: paul"s greek. Like all of the other texts in the new testament, paul"s letters were written in koine greek. This was the common greek tongue used in the eastern roman empire: paul"s timeline. Paul"s letters were written perhaps 20-30 years after the probable death of jesus of nazareth. By the time the temple was destroyed in 70 ce, paul was already dead for years: the narrative gospels. Mark and the other gospel narratives were then written in the decades following 70 ce. The latest nt texts are mostly from the johannine tradition: early theology.
