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1 The historical context of Jesus and the New Testament |
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3 | (24) |
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From the Persian period to the Jewish War |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (3) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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Greek and Roman historians |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (7) |
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7 | (3) |
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The Maccabees versus the Seleucid Empire |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (9) |
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14 | (5) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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2 Judaism in first-century Palestine |
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27 | (24) |
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Five key marks of second temple Judaism |
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27 | (13) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (1) |
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God has provided a way of life |
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31 | (5) |
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God has given the people a land, focused in the temple |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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Parties and groups within first-century Judaism |
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40 | (7) |
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42 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (1) |
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The fourth philosophy': the revolutionaries |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (4) |
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B APPROACHING THE GOSPELS |
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51 | (12) |
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51 | (1) |
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The Gospels as like other ancient literature |
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52 | (3) |
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The Gospels as unlike other ancient literature |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Why were the Gospels written? |
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57 | (1) |
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What about other Gospels? |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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4 Where did the Gospels come from? |
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63 | (30) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (13) |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (7) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (3) |
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5 Understanding the Gospels today |
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93 | (56) |
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Tools for interpreting the Gospels |
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93 | (15) |
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96 | (4) |
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Social-scientific approaches |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (1) |
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Reader-response approaches |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Post-structuralism and deconstruction |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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Reading the Gospels and Acts theologically |
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108 | (4) |
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How the Gospels and Acts read Scripture |
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111 | (1) |
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An approach to exegesis of the Gospels |
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112 | (5) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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Methods of interpretation: parables, miracles, apocalyptic |
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119 | (12) |
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119 | (5) |
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124 | (5) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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The historicity of the Gospels |
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133 | (9) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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What sources of information did they have? |
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135 | (1) |
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Doubts about the historicity of the contents |
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136 | (2) |
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Arguments for historicity from the contents |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (3) |
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What are we to make of four different Gospels? |
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143 | (1) |
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What about teaching and using the Gospels today? |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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6 The quest for the historical Jesus |
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149 | (17) |
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Individuals and movements |
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149 | (6) |
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Rationalism and Hermann Samuel Reimarus |
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149 | (1) |
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H. G. Paulus and miracles |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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The liberal lives of Jesus |
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151 | (1) |
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Albert Schweitzer and the eschatological Jesus |
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151 | (1) |
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Rudolf Bultmann, myth and existentialism |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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Other modern views of Jesus |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (9) |
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Presuppositions and subjectivity |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (5) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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7 The life of Jesus in the light of history |
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166 | (15) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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8 The teaching and aims of Jesus |
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181 | (38) |
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181 | (5) |
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Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem |
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182 | (1) |
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Jesus' demonstration in the temple |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (2) |
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Jesus and the kingdom of God |
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186 | (7) |
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God's reign in the OT and Judaism |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (6) |
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The character of the kingdom |
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193 | (4) |
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193 | (2) |
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The kingdom of the Father |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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Jesus' ethics and his view of the torah |
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197 | (5) |
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Jesus' teaching about the torah |
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197 | (2) |
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Jesus' criticisms of the torah |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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Who did Jesus think he was? |
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202 | (11) |
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202 | (2) |
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Jesus, his disciples and the renewed Israel |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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Summing up: Jesus and the purposes of Yahweh |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (5) |
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D GETTING INTO THE FOUR GOSPELS |
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219 | (22) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (13) |
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232 | (2) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (22) |
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241 | (3) |
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How the Gospel is structured |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (7) |
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Jesus fulfils the OT story |
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247 | (1) |
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Jesus fulfils the law and brings the higher righteousness |
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248 | (1) |
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Practical obedience and judgement |
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248 | (2) |
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Jesus brings good news to the world: Jews, Gentiles and the church |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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Sources of Matthew's Gospel |
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254 | (2) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (4) |
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263 | (21) |
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Luke-Acts: a two-volume work |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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Journeying with Jesus in Luke's Gospel |
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264 | (8) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Jesus' identity and mission |
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273 | (4) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (3) |
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Luke's readers, purpose and authorship |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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281 | (3) |
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284 | (29) |
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A walk through the Gospel |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (12) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Reasons for believing: signs and witnesses |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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The death of Jesus: how does it work? |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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The sources of the Gospel |
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298 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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The background and purpose of John's Gospel |
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300 | (5) |
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Possible explanations of the differences |
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300 | (5) |
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Authorship and date of the Gospel |
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305 | (2) |
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In favour of the traditional identification |
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305 | (1) |
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Against the traditional identification |
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306 | (1) |
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If not by John the Apostle |
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307 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (5) |
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E THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES |
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313 | (42) |
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Acts as Luke's volume two |
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313 | (1) |
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What kind of book is Acts? |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (2) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (15) |
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319 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (2) |
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The gospel spreads in Syria-Palestine |
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322 | (1) |
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Paul begins to travel: the Jerusalem meeting |
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323 | (3) |
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Paul's second and third journeys |
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326 | (4) |
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To Jerusalem and then Rome |
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330 | (4) |
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334 | (5) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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A chronological outline of Acts |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (2) |
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Acts and theology: some major themes |
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339 | (6) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (2) |
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Luke's readers and purpose |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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346 | (2) |
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346 | (2) |
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348 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (5) |
| Glossary |
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355 | (3) |
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