Units 6 and 7: Early Christian Writings

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Units 6 and 7 Early Christian Writings

• Unit 6 Letters of Paul
• 27 February
• Galatians, Romans

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Units 6 and 7 Early Christian Writings

• Thesis for Early Christian Writings
• Early Christian writings are evidence that early
  Christianity was diverse.

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Unit 6 Early Christian Writings

• Thesis for Pauls Letters
• Pauls seven letters, which are occasional, are
  evidence for three types of early Christianity
• (1) Pauls Apocalyptic
• (2) Torah-observant
• (3) Wisdom

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• 27 February 2008 A Comparative Analysis of
  Galatians and Romans

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• Outline of the Lecture
• Critical Skill Taking lecture notes.

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• Genre Criticism Thesis Occasion determines
  genre epideixis/request.
• Genre Criticism Thesis Sender phrase determines
  Body.

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• Pauls apologia for his apostleship and
  euangelion
• Euangelion/not the Euangelion
• Pauls Version/Perversion/Form of Teaching
• Thesis Whether the tone is harsh, or whether the
  tone is mild, Paul makes his point there is one
  euangelion either you have what I have, or you
  do not have it at all.

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• The Study of Religion Myth and Ritual Thesis
  Rites of Initiation determine Group Membership
  Circumcision/Baptism

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• Pauls rhetoric re circumcision.
• Pauls Use of TNK Thesis Pauls use of TNK
  depends entirely on Pauls sense of the occasion
  of writing, as a response to others who have
  appealed to TNK or LXX
• PatronClient Language Mother Metaphor/Mutual
  exchange