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    The document discusses the Bible and the Quran. It notes that Christianity sees Jesus as the ultimate revelation from God, while Islam sees the Quran revealed to Muhammad as the ultimate revelation. The New Testament contains testimonies from Jesus' disciples to communicate their experience of who Jesus was. There are four Gospels that together provide a fuller picture of Jesus and the good news he preached, though each has its own emphasis and details.

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    The document discusses the Bible and the Quran. It notes that Christianity sees Jesus as the ultimate revelation from God, while Islam sees the Quran revealed to Muhammad as the ultimate revelation. The New Testament contains testimonies from Jesus' disciples to communicate their experience of who Jesus was. There are four Gospels that together provide a fuller picture of Jesus and the good news he preached, though each has its own emphasis and details.

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    The document discusses the Bible and the Quran. It notes that Christianity sees Jesus as the ultimate revelation from God, while Islam sees the Quran revealed to Muhammad as the ultimate revelation. The New Testament contains testimonies from Jesus' disciples to communicate their experience of who Jesus was. There are four Gospels that together provide a fuller picture of Jesus and the good news he preached, though each has its own emphasis and details.

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    Revelation

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    New Testament, 1
    Essay questions
    • Trace the development of the fundamental Covenant
    relationship of God and God’s people …

    • Summarize the “Good News” of the Gospels and explain how


    this is linked to the existence of four, complementary
    Gospels
    Bible as Library
    Bible

    OT NT

    The
    Acts Letters Revelation
    Gospels
    Bible and Qur’an
    Islam Christianity
    The Qur’an The Bible
    One book A collection of Sacred Books

    Revealed over 22 years Compiled over centuries


    Language: Arabic Languages: Hebrew, Aramaic,
    Greek
    Author: God Authors: God and human author

    Muhammad is a messenger who The human author conveys God’s


    reports what he hears from God message in his own ways
    Message: divine, eternal, Message: divine, eternal,
    universal universal
    Key similarity

    • God (‫)ﷲ‬
    • Living God, not idol
    • Master of history
    • Creator of all
    • Accompanies people throughout history
    • Goal towards which everything is moving
    • Judge at final day
    Where do they fit? a. Jesus b. the Bible

    Religion Islam Christianity

    Ultimate
    Qur’an ?
    revelation

    Messenger Muhammad ?
    Fundamental difference

    Religion Islam Christianity

    Ultimate
    Qur’an Jesus
    revelation

    Messenger Muhammad The Bible


    Jesus > Bible
    • Jesus is God’s ultimate revelation
    • Person
    • Lifestyle
    • Actions
    • Teachings
    • Jesus didn’t bring a revealed book
    • Jesus was embodiment of revelation
    • “Jesus didn’t bring a message;
    He is the message.”
    Matthew 1:23
    “Behold,
    a virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
    and they shall name him Emmanuel,
    God is with us”
    John 1:14
    “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
    Hebrews 1:1-2
    “In times past,
    God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors
    through the prophets;
    in these last days,
    he spoke to us through a son.”
    Bible not most important; points to Jesus
    So what is the Bible, then?
    New Testament: Testimony
    • God reveals:
    • Message in Islam
    • Self in Christianity
    • Understanding limited
    • Bible purpose: “Story of
    God revealing God’s own
    self as One who saves”
    • New Testament purpose:
    Communicate experience
    of Jesus
    • Authors disciples of Jesus
    • Not prophets, but inspired!
    The New Testament
    • Jewish people reject New Testament

    • Canon: accepted 150-200 AD

    • Christians unanimous on canon


    • Orthodox
    • Catholic
    • Protestants

    • Language: Biblical Greek


    Biblical study

    • Biblical Greek
    • Scholars need to learn

    • Translations return to original

    • Scriptural scholarship
    1. ”exegesis” – linguistic analysis

    2. ”commentary” – historical-cultural analysis


    OT to NT: Central Events
    • Old Testament
    • Exodus event
    • From slavery into freedom
    • Covenant

    • New Testament: In-carn-ation


    • How to live on earth? Jesus!
    • How powerful is God? Jesus!
    • How much does God want to be close to us? Jesus!
    1. The Four Gospels
    • Gospel = Euangelion = ‫ = إﻧﺟﯾل‬Good News!
    • Uniquely Christian genre
    • Inspired literature
    • “This is what I believe”
    • “This is good news”
    • “This is good news not just for me”
    • “This is good news for all of us”
    • Community forms around…
    • Jesus (before he ascended)
    • Stories of Jesus (after he ascended)
    Purpose of Gospels
    • Show meaning of life for believing
    Christians
    • Holy Spirit preserving tradition
    • ~30 AD:
    • Jesus dies, rises, ascends
    • 30-60 AD:
    • oral transmission,
    • nothing written yet
    • 60 AD onward:
    • writing and compiling Gospels
    • Story became longer and deeper as
    people shared more details, experiences
    John 21:25
    “There are also many other things that Jesus did,
    but if these were to be described individually,
    I do not think the whole world would contain the books
    that would be written.”
    What is the Good News?
    • God came to be with us!
    • Fulfilling Messianic hopes
    • Revealing God
    • Proving God’s will and power to save
    humanity
    • Founding and calling a community of
    disciples, still growing today!
    Why four Gospels? 1/2
    • Why four?
    • Why not just one?
    • They do share much in common…
    • Stories in common
    • No contradictions in vision of faith
    • Equal authority
    • Equal importance
    • Faith guided by all four

    • But…
    Why four Gospels? 2/2
    • Essential agreement on who/what
    Jesus was and what he
    communicated about God

    • The differences speak!


    • Different personalities
    • Different experiences of Jesus
    • Different interpretations of message
    • Different audiences
    • Different emphases
    • Different details

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