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TEXTS
Funk, R.W./Hoover, R. Five Gospels, 1993.
[= 5G ]
*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
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Topic
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Analysis
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1. QUEST:
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Gospels as
Evidence
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History as debate
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LL 1.1-2.1
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Sources & criteria
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5G 1-38, 128, 474
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Synoptic Primer
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YS 1
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Kin
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5G 53,525; SP
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YS 2
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At home
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5G 62+,279+,412,490+
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YS 3
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Tests
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5G 133+
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YS 4
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Golden Rule
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5G 156
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YS 5
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God & neighbor
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5G 104+
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YS 6
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Love of enemies
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5G 143-7
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YS 7
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Samaritan
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5G 323+
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YS 8
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Woman at the well
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5G 410-12
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2. ROOTS:
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Roots &
Reputation
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Public Appearance
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LL 2.2
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YS 9
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JB’s death
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YS 10
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JB’s successor
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5G 404
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YS 11
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Who is JB?
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5G 100,178,498,516
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YS 12
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Who is Jesus?
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5G 46+,177,180
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Background
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LL 27-30
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YS 13-14
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Baptism & Spirit
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5G 132+
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YS 15-16
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Genealogies & Visions
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YS 17-18
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Birth stories
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YS 19-20
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Hometown & Childhood
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3. STATUS:
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Self-Image
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Heirs of God
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LL 2.2.4
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YS 21
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Father asked
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5G 148+,155
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YS 22
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Father’s will
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5G 119+
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YS 23
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Father thanked
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5G 322
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YS 24
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Two sons
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5G 356
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Human Destiny
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LL 2.2.7
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YS 25
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Son of Adam's place
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5G 316
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YS 26
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Son of Adam's authority
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5G 49
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YS 27-28
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Son of Adam appears
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5G 112+
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YS 31
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Son of Adam suffers
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5G 75-9
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YS 30
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Son of Adam denied
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5G 313,337
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YS 31
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Son of Adam exalted
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5G 408, 441
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YS 32
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Son of Adam's time
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5G 365-8
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Text
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Topic
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Analysis
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4. FOCUS:
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Social Inversions
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Paradoxes
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LL 2.2.5-6
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YS 33-4
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Who is king?
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5G 40+, 136-7, 258
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YS 35-6
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Child’s world
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5G 84+,89, 407+
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YS 37
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Who is well off?
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5G 138+,289+
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YS 38
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What's basic?
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5G 339+
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Agenda
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YS 40
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Feasting
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5G 234+,352+,509+
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YS 41
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Fasting
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5G 47-9,499+
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YS 39
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Traveling light
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5G 317-19
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YS 42-3
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Weight of wealth
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5G 90-91+,151,340
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YS 44
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What's valuable?
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5G 196-8
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5. STYLE:
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Metaphor &
Irony
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Common images
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LL 2.2.2-3; SP
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YS 45
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Mustard & leaven
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5G 59+,346+,523
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YS 46
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Broadcasting
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5G 54+,478
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YS 47
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Time for harvest
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5G 58+,505
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YS 48-50
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Solving Riddles
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5G 55+, 196
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Inverted expectations
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YS 51
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Two servants
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5G 218+, 357-9
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YS 52
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Two searches
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5G 355+, 529
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YS 53
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Compensation
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5G 224+, 338+,508+
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YS 54
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Final reckoning
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5G 256+, 373+
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YS 55
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Producing fruit
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5G 157,497+
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YS 56
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Moving mountains
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5G 98+,229,345,500
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6. SPIRIT:
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Health & Holiness
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Principles
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LL 3.2
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YS 57-58
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Setting standards
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5G 296+,335,488
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YS 59-60
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What is dirty?
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5G 68-70,334,520
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Social contact
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YS 61
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Leper
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5G 43
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YS 62-63
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Females
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5G 42+,62, 70
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YS 64-66
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Disturbed spirits
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5G 42,82,189,330+
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Politics & sanity
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YS 67
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On whose side?
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5G 85
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YS 68
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Prince of demons
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5G 185-7
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YS 69
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Legion
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5G 309
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YS 70
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Soldier's Boy
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5G 159+,412+
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7. SIGNS:
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Models & Gestures
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Rumor
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YS 71-72
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Sign-seekers
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5G 72+,188+,
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YS 73
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Lists
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5G 301+
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YS 74
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Reputation
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5G 75
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Deeds
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YS 75
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Blind see
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5G 70+,96,431-3
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YS 76-77
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Cripples walk
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5G 44+, 414+
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YS 77-78
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Sabbath controversy
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5G 50, 346, 414+
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YS 79-81
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Dead revived
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5G 62,300,436-9
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YS 82-83
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Masses fed
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5G 421
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YS 84
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Signs misunderstood
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5G 74,421
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8. IMPACT:
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Power & Politics
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YS 85-86
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Who has authority?
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5G 95, 389
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YS 87-88
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Temple purged
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5G 97+,349, 406+
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YS 89
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Temple upset
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5G 107-112
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YS 90-92
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Time of conflict
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5G 343-4
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YS 93
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Foreign taxes
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5G 102,526
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YS 94
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Rejection & defense
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5G 110, 456+
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YS 95
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Triumphal entry
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5G 96+
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YS 96
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Who is Messiah?
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5G 105
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YS 97
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Anointing
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5G 115,539+
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9. FATE:
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Arrest & Execution
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YS 98
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Passover plot
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LL 3.3 1-2
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YS 101-102
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Last meal
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5G 115-118,447-48
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YS 103-104
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Betrayal & arrest
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5G 120+
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YS 105-106
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Peter's denial
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5G 118+
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YS 107-108
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Priest's interrogation
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5G 121-3
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YS 109-111
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Crucifixion
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5G 126,396+
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YS 112-114
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Pontius Pilate
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5G 124, 462+
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YS 115-117
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Death & burial
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5G
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10. VISION:
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Appearances
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YS 118-119
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Apostolic visions
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LL 3.3.3
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YS 120-122
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Women & tomb
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Epiphanies
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YS 123-124
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Storms calmed
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YS 125-126
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Transformation
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