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    Finals Coverage 1. Gospel Books: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Matthew: Sermon on the Mount Mark: Luke: Prodigal Son John: The Great | Am’s 2. Acts: The Early Church 3. Paul: Letter and Epistles 4. Revelation ‘The Gospel of Mark tars’ wierd not thick it important to identity himself but tradition points to Matka companion of Paul ad Peter. Nor doeshe give aint to whom hes weting ond where. Te writeriges fl f6€us onthe Beton ates RITES IIGBENINgE Racing the gospel ot Mark cne sense an urgency of telin the gospel ‘of esus ina mater of fact manner. He willingness to suffer as Jesus did. Marx's focus cn willingness to suffer as a ‘FEGUIsItE FOR ISSUSFONOWETS (GISEIBIES) may be a hint that he was writing toa persecuted people. This cicies wi GTS Sae ESAS TA Hui ous hrisiarvere ered OrEUIER aly Traction points to Marks writing shorter Peters martyrdom, Inthe pospl ‘ECoeize and acknowledge Jesus Messiah (Mork 3.23, 32-25; 625; Gal 11S; Acts 1227, 1533-21, 21:16), nthe same vayMaTkBORraS He EGS ‘towrtounerstand (10-12, 3-41 652, 9.20; 10:35-4), Im warkt wasa Roman solder who fst confess tht Jesus sth Son of Gd (15:39), Even the women did not believe that Jesus will resurrect (16:18). Markin so depicting the sTecpls undertcorad the act that Jesu stands a tha corgleta opponta of what the lews erected \(ERABEROThe centurion experienced the last hours and Jesus and saw how the alleged rebel faced death but a the same he witnessed the supernatural manfestations that accompanled Jesus death The Gospel of Matthow ‘The gospel of Matthow presupposes the Gospel ef Mark which may have been wrttn after the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule. This revolt erded i the defeat ofthe Jews in TOE. It wasin ‘hie revalt thatthe ltferencas tween Chrians and the Jews hecame pronounce. The Jews ‘supported the revelt and fought gains the Romans The Christi lo. Eslicethe Jews ‘opposed and persecuted the Chistans. Christians aso faced persecution and oppostn from ‘the Romans being 3 ew religious movement that efusedthe warship of Roman goes and the ‘emperor Persecution grew severe ae Christiane were made 2 zeapegoat forthe ire that tovoned much of Rome in 64 CE. Matthaw enjoins this community tol Tha law for him that fr Matthew leads to perfection. [eentecusness an important word ln Matthew does nat any meen amoral norm. ut the things sheuld bein the under God's rule “person holds up his/her part in the Ife ard mission ofthe whole community. Matthew especially ‘As the community is njlned totace cae of the least and the AEA RLERL OT NNN RETIN DAN ERIE RENCE SE MAIR ‘bs importance of forgiving one anothe. The Gospel of Matthew according to Howard Kee may be ‘eg des 35 a manual for ehareh Me spline ar mission. The! [tthe mercy mighty nations, iy Isae, for sural s sake embraces monarchy a political structure that is enteasctory to their soda ideas. Their leaders justified thi move 35 8 survival strategy together wit their claboration with heir oppressors, asthe leaders of ‘Maxie dd. To the early church daiming to be the new anc true Israel Matthew, Mark before bin made it wor clear: the true way trod y the prophots before tham and Cis, sa way of suflerng that te fathil must be ready to suffer fo thei Fath ‘Senicaisihianccmianrsthdianmedaistcse ‘sappoinimene in hdaism, his ow Fath action, isevident in Malthe. ludasm fale tose the wuth about Jesus porzon and ministry (Matthew 23). In ine wth the prophets Matthew {Contrary tothe preferential veatment ‘accorded fo the leas in Go's Kingdom, Jasaism as an istittion has Bult up abierarcby, They appeal to Moses henclf the Exodus leader, the best example of what a prophet ilko, Dut From being champions of ‘social justice and voie of the poweres Jewish religious leaders went after power and privilege thelr position affordé."Incy have come to love the places and addresses of honor Scardedtothen They harlot te soe of ber ce “with words not deeds. 1 They ae leaders whose leadership should not be emulated. Theis isa righteousness based on religiosity ‘context of Luke-Acts the Christians an the Roman Empire \Writen shortly after the destruction of lerusa em, REEEASTEERGRBA EADEROINET, the signs of Vespasian HUS(79-51), and Domitian 8-95] set the stage fr whe-AcisINGFD (5468) Ins time (AD. 66) the last Roman procurator in Judes, Gessivs Florus plundered the temple treasury and set his “troops relatively free vo lune and prey on the peopl of Jerusalem. ‘A revolt eruptedand the scrifees to the amperor cased, At the death of. ‘Here waen Vespacian became emperor, 36 rook the command of the attacking force! Surrounded and withall sources of provisions cut-off, the city's end was but 3 ‘matter oftime, But the Jewish defenders refused to surrender. When thecity wos taken all The walls of Jerisem were destoyed and though ewan pests theTanpe Was ravaGeEH ‘icbthchad erthebtl ony vanasremorec tebe emruea Drgecs by sgh cite the Romans buts yal cf earth bese Ratherhan smite be led BE Ape shccrtagay walae e Yeaar regr inlfe gcc The * Womard Clark Nee, Understanding the New Testament 4 Fd. (Caretion Publications: ‘Pippines, 1983), p 21-22. Ti torsades ts te RSE ose wes bused on possesion lt fe senator test, 00000ef re ore ere sete. |Eiestansrknas ie least aOo0Sesees he majrey one cers dows nox leben Mos oesioves do nothave Ran 'belongto such economic casses and were called _The government structure is headed by the emperor with his council, down to the heags of government departments administato', and ater offkias. Provinces securely under Rome ‘were administered by proconsuls chosen from the members of the senate. Theernperor bereelf through apaointed senators who azo azcumes direct command af the most important legion inthe province, administered annexed teriteries.Ofless importance, 2 province he Judea vas administered bya petect chosen trom the eign cass," A Roman fica practically Welded the power of Romain tre toris under the jueiiction subject only othe Roman law Sethe empraHe'mles pla eon dts lon ees exces pls powers od totes x poles HER RGGI ise asa Stampeon th Roman curany sine 4 BC waste otra th ving: Othe temas side ere eign riley and poi! smiled other eration sb te «rper” Mast eed ROMA le pay AME CEVA tlghous rekon was “rident nthe votece tat thentned Pines erm when he attempts te promrarty apoy ‘neg Jevssemerd the tempi wolton of te Jeni ew. ‘uke himself sludes to the rstveness ofthe Jens inthe time of Jesus in het 5:36.37: “For sometime aoe, Theudas ese up, claiming tobe somebody, and anueber of men about four hundred joined hi; he wes hl, er al whe fllowec him were dispersed and asoppeared. ‘Aster hin lados the Galleon rose upet tha time of the census end got peopieto folon him; he ‘ho perished, end al ho followed him were scattered.” ‘onthe one hand Ontheother, Chistanty appear to eoose the pretensions of Rome subjects cond tora obligations tothe stato Perrin and Duling, assert that one ofthe major concerns of Luke “Acs was to normalize the witnessing churets relations with the Roman Emoie, even ast addresses be css oF he 2 George arthur Buttrck 6. The Inceareter's Dictionary Of the Bible Vo. 1 |New York, INashvile: Abingdon Press, 1952p 863 "pe Vol V.p- 108. ‘ohn €.stamtaugh and avid fale, The New Testament ints Soca! Environment (Phidelphis: Westminster Preze, 2086), 0 18. Sid. 9.39. tbe, Ve, p. 208 id * Stambaugh, Ibid. 26. 2106, Vol W,p. 108.

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