Project: Methods Review

We have learned four methods of Scripture study so far:

• Literary-Historical Method
• Redaction Method
• Comparative Method
• Thematic Method

Describe each of these methods, and explain how you would apply them to a study of the Gospel of John.

Jessica, Tamara, and Ana...

The four major themes are:

- The Holy Spirit: Christ promised that his followers would receive the holy spirit following his ascension.

- Evangelism: the author's emphasis on the missionary work of the Apostles, especially Paul and Peter, underscores the central theme of the importance of evangelism.

- Apostolic Authority: The work of the apostles organizing the church and teaching the gospel.

- Opposition to Christianity: Another important theme in Acts of the Apostles is that Christians will encounter opposition. 

-Defense of the Gospel: in other words this refers to the martyrdom endured by early Christians in defense of their faith.

The authorship of Acts is contested because of the lack of evidence to support it. At first the medical terms used in the book seemed to be proof but upon further investigation it proved to be no more specific than what other educated authors of the day would have used. 

We believe the author was perhaps someone who came in contact with early Christian communites, a companion of Paul, or even Luke himself.

Boys Luke

The author of Luke is traditionally known as Luke himself.  Scholars think that the author of Luke was actually someone who was a personal witness to Jesus' acts.  Although  their are disputes concerning wether Luke was the author of Luke or not.  Paul was one of the followers of luke but he eventually did not wrote luke. Luke probably wrote down all of jesus' acts from his view point, and to his understanding. in the end wee really do not know, because everything as you said in chapel is a hypothesis, and it is not proved. Another thing is that we se a lot of stuff repeated, it is probably there for a reason. 

Maggie, Lu, Jime

The book of Acts is a book from a two volume work by Luke.  The book of Acts is dedicated to an unknown Theophilus.  The book has been ascribed to Luke.  Just like Luke, Acts was written around 80 to 85 C.E.

There are several themes for the book of Acts: the Jewish origins of Christianity, the portrayal of Jesus as a Jewish prophet, the consequent movement of the religion from the Jews to Gentile, the proclamation of Jew and Gentile, the delay of the time of the end, the rightness of this religion, the complete unity and harmony, and the hand of God directing the course of Christian history.

MrMac: Acts of the Apostles

1. List the Major themes found in the Book of Acts.
2. Discuss the authorship of Acts. Why do some scholars doubt that the physician Luke, the traveling companion of Paul, was the author.
3. Who do you believe was the author? Why?

The gospel of Luke is one of the four gospels in the New Testament, it portrays the life and death of Jesus. Written around 80-85 C.E by a Greek-speaking christian probably outside of palestine. The sources of luke were Q and L
he dedicates his book to an otherwise unknown person, "theophilus." may have been a roman administrative official, or the name may be symbolic, refering to the other gospels, revels several distinctive themes.
Luke's birth narrative shows the importance of the jerusalem temple, the central institution for the jewish religion.

mr.mac: Gospel of Luke

Discuss the Gospel of Luke.  Include authorship, date, language, audience, and theme.