RLG203H5 Lecture 3: RLG203 lecture 3 week 3 notes
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Take into account the lecture and the readings. Tells us something different from the gospels about jesus. Wealthy, sophisticated roman city: nazareth was a suburb to cefarus. Revolt around 70ce which led to herod temple being destroyed. Gospels were not written several decades after they died. Synoptic gospels: 3 of them (matthew, mark, luke, recount the same stories in the same order, passages of important events are very similar. Q: abbreviation for quella meaning sayings source. Matthew and luke had a sayings source that is very similar. Talk about similarities and differences in gospels and think about why. Think about the audience for each gospel. No thesis statement for project: offer similarities and differences. Resurrected jesus speaking to paul around 35ce. Paul fell off horse and covered his eyes. This is paul(cid:495)s reaction to the resurrected jesus. Paul became a follower of jesus after seeing him resurrected. Earliest source in the new testament is the letters of paul.
