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Early Christianity. Rome Was Religiously Tolerant. Jesus Preached Forgiveness & Eternal Life. What Do We Know About The Historical Jesus? How Do We Know It?. Jesus Did Not Leave Any Writings. There Is No Archeological Evidence Of Jesus. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Early Christianity
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Rome Was Religiously Tolerant
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Jesus Preached Forgiveness & Eternal Life
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What Do We Know About The Historical Jesus? How Do We Know It?
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Jesus Did Not Leave Any Writings
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There Is No Archeological Evidence Of Jesus
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There Are No Writings From Anyone Who Says He Knew Jesus
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Our Best Source Is The Bible (The New Testament)
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• 27 BCE – 14 CE: Reign of Emperor Augustus• ~4 BCE: Jesus of Nazareth is born• ~30 CE: Death of Jesus• ~50-56 CE: Paul writes letters to early Christian
congregations• ~70-100 CE: Gospels of Matthew, Mark & Luke
written• ~90-110 CE: Gospel of John written
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Communities Of The Gospels
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The Letters Of Paul (50-56 CE)
• Advice to young Christian communities
• Very little about Jesus as a person
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Gospel Of Mark (~70 CE)
• The first gospel • Begins the gospel tradition• Jesus is mysterious and had
doubts
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Gospel of Matthew (~80 CE)
• Draws on Mark and other sources
• Written for Jewish Christians who live near Jerusalem
• Attacks the Pharisees
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Gospel of Luke (~80 CE)
• Draws on Mark and other sources
• Written for a Gentile, Roman audience
• Jesus is a very powerful figure, calm and rational
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Gospel of John (~100 CE)
• Clearly later than and separate from the other gospels
• A “spiritual” gospel. Jesus is the embodiment of divine wisdom.
• Christians are now separate from Jews