Reimerus Snatched body theory, Jesus of faith vs Jesus if history; Jesus vs the Disciples version of Jesus
Paulis Swoon theory, Miracles all have natural explanations, Disciples mistaken about Jesus
Strauss Hallucination theory, Jesus story as myth, not written by the Disciples
Source criticism: two Gospel (Matthew + Luke —> Mark) or two source (Mark + Q —> Matthew + Luke)
Redaction criticism: It looks for the changes the author makes ie Klausen says Luke downplays he second coming to explain why Jesus isn’t here yet
Form criticism: looks for the Oral traditions that underlying the Text
Textual criticism: Looking at differences introduced during the transmission of the final text in the scribal stage
Matthew has a Jewish emphasis, but the great commission to the gentiles is in it.
The great commission (GC) is related to the Abraham (compare all nations language Abraham being a blessing to all nations) and Daniel (cf Daniel 7 one like a son of man receiving all authority/dominion just like Christ notes He has all authority)
The kingdom of God in the OT has everyone steam to a specific place Israel Jerusalem Temple Holy of Holies. Now with Vhrist and the ushering in of a new Kingdom it is reversed with the Christ he true temple sending His Kingdom out to the world
Mark states that the Gospel starts in the OT hence he quotes an OT verse.
Bultmann thinks that Son of god was a generic term used frequently in Greek. Kruger notes a lot of use post Jesus’ lifetime. Best argument is about the Jewish usage, not Greek usage of the term
John preaches in the wilderness because Jerusalem is corrupt. There is symbolism of the wilderness in Exodus.
Kline sees the Gospels and NT in general as a covenant document in the vein of the ANE / OT treaties.
Luke 1-3 parallels John the Baptist and Jesus
John contains 7 signs (not called miracles). Recent scholars conjecture that Jesus probably spoke more Johanine then synoptic.
Ego eimi/ I am statements may be from Isaiah cf ch 43 translated I am he, but not in the orginal language.
Non-predicate nominative I Am statements ch 4 woman at the well ch 13 and when the guards fall down
Jesus as the true tabernacle among us therefore no need for a millennial temple.
John 18:28 is not about the night time Passover meal. Entering a gentile’s home wouldn’t bar you from the night time one because you could simply wash yourself and wait for sundown to be clean. There were many mid day meals that they were likely concerned about.
(John may be referring to a high day as in “Heredoxy and Orthodoxy” or different reckonings of time).
Long ending of Mark and the story of the adulterous woman are he only serious variants.
It is a good thing we can even identify these because we can only know they are additions because the rest of the text is so solid. Remember that early Christians didn’t have this problem because that text was not there!
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