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840:307 Jesus

Mahlon H.Smith

TEXTS

Funk, R.W./Hoover, R. Five Gospels, 1993.                           [= 5G ]
Tatum, W.B. In Quest of Jesus (rev. ed.), 1999.                    [= QJ ]
*Smith, M.H., ed. Yeshua: A Sourcebook, 1995.                   [= YS ]
       [$21 at Pequod Printing, 119 Somerset St.].
Smith, M.H. ‘A Little Leaven: Jesus in dialectical perspective’  [= LL ]
       [http://religion.rutgers.edu/nt/leaven.html]
Smith, M.H. A Synoptic Gospels Primer                                [= SP]
       [http://religion.rutgers.edu/nt/primer/]
Smith, M.H. Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus
       [http://religion.rutgers.edu/iho/]                                       [= IHO]

COURSE OUTLINE

   
Text
Topic
Analysis
 

1. QUEST:

Gospels as Evidence

Sources

QJ 25-43, 5G 1-16,

Divergent portraits

QJ 55-84, 5G 128, 474

History as debate

QJ 87-109, LL 1.1-2.1

Criticism & Criteria

QJ 44-54, 5G 16-38

Synoptic Primer

YS 1

Kin

5G 53,525; SP

YS 2

At home

5G 62+,279+,412,490+

YS 3

Tests

5G 133+

YS 4

Golden Rule

5G 156

YS 5

Chief Command

5G 104+

YS 6

Love of enemies

5G 145+

YS 7

Other Cheek

5G 143+

YS 8

Samaritan

5G 323+

YS 9

Woman at the well

5G 410-12

2. ROOTS:

Roots & Reputation

Public Appearance

LL 2.2

YS 10

JB’s death

YS 11

JB’s successor

5G 404

YS 12

Who is JB?

5G 178,498,516

YS 13

Whose authority?

5G 100

YS 14

Who is Jesus?

5G 180

YS 15

Toll-collectors

5G 46+

Background

LL 27-30

YS 16

Baptism & Spirit

5G 132+

YS 17-18

Genealogies & Visions

YS 19-20

Birth stories

QJ 151-156

YS 21-23

Hometown & Childhood

3. STATUS:

Self-Image

From  Portrait to Profile

QJ 110-138

Heirs of God

QJ 160+, LL 2.2.4

YS 24-25

Father asked

5G 148+,155

YS 26

Father’s will

5G 119+

YS 27

Father thanked

5G 322

YS 28

Two sons

5G 356

Human Destiny

QJ 162-168, LL 2.2.7

YS 29

Son of Adam's place

5G 316

YS 30

Son of Adam's authority

5G 49

YS 31

Son of Adam appears

5G 112+

YS 32-34

Son of Adam suffers

5G 75-9

YS 35

Son of Adam denied

5G 313,337

YS 36

Son of Adam exalted

5G 408, 441

YS 37

Son of Adam's time

5G 365-8

Text
Topic
Analysis
 

4. FOCUS:

Social Inversions

Who is King?

QJ 169-180

Paradoxes

LL 2.2.5-6

YS 38-41

Kingship close

5G 40+, 136-7, 258

YS 42-47

Child’s world

5G 84+,89, 407+

YS 48

Who is well off?

5G 138+,289+

YS 49

What comes first?

5G 339+

Agenda

YS 50-51

Migrants’ mission

5G 317-19

YS 52

Feasting

5G 234+,352+,509+

YS 53

Fasting

5G 47-9,499+

YS 54-56

Weight of wealth

5G 90+,151,340

YS 57-58

Camel & needle

5G 91+

YS 59-60

What's valuable?

5G 196-8

5. STYLE:

Metaphor & Irony

Parable vs Allegory

QJ 192-205

Common images

LL 2.2.2-3; SP

YS 61-62

Mustard & leaven

5G 59+,346+,523

YS 63

Broadcasting

5G 54+,478

YS 64-65

Time for harvest

5G 58+,505

YS 66-67

Solving Riddles

5G 55+, 196

Inverted expectation

YS 68-69

Two servants

5G 218+, 357-9

YS 70

Two searches

5G 355+, 529

YS 71-72

Compensation

5G 224+, 338+,508+

YS 73

Final reckoning

5G 256+, 373+

YS 74

Producing fruit

5G 157,497+

YS 75-76

Moving mountains

5G 98+,229,345,500

6. SPIRIT:

Health & Holiness

Principles

LL 3.2

YS 77-79

Setting standards

5G 296+,488

YS 80-83

Rank & behavior

5G 238-242

YS 84-86

What is dirty?

5G 68-70,334,520

Social contact

YS 87

Leper

5G 43

YS 88-89

Females

5G 42+,62, 70

YS 90-94

Disturbed spirits

5G 42,82,189,330+

Politics & sanity