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5/19/2020 1 WHAT DOES THE LITTLE WORD OF MEAN? POSSIBILITY #1 a function word indicating POSESSION THE WORLD OF THE NT = THE WORLD OF THE TEXT / CREATED BY THE TEXT A LOOK BACK 2 1 5/19/2020 WHAT DOES THE LITTLE WORD OF

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WHAT DOES THE LITTLE WORD “OF MEAN? POSSIBILITY #1 “a function word indicating POSESSION” THE WORLD OF THE NT = THE WORLD OF THE TEXT / CREATED BY THE TEXT

“A LOOK BACK”

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HISTORY

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WHAT DOES THE LITTLE WORD “OF MEAN? POSSIBILITY #1 “a function word indicating POSESSION” THE WORLD OF THE NT = THE WORLD OF THE TEXT / CREATED BY THE TEXT

POLITICS

BOOKS

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P H Y S I C A L R E M A I N S

L I T E R A R Y R E M A I N S

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S C O P E C O N T E N T S

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  • 12 to18 books (depends who’s counting!)
  • Kinds: history, historical fiction/legend, wisdom, proverbs,

prayers, a psalm, a song & an apocalypse.

  • All predate NT (except some parts of 2 Esdras)
  • Influence NT: through allusions & recurring ideas/themes
  • Real value: shows how the OT was being used and

supplemented by Jewish authors

Apocrypha: Taken out of Hiding

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No Formulaic Introduction or Direct Attribution

  • 60+ and many kinds
  • Most predate NT, some don’t
  • Influence the NT: through allusions and recurring ideas/themes

but also “cited” in Jude

  • Real value: show variety of response to the “yoke of the

gentiles” and diversity of Jewish culture

Pseudepigrapha: Falsely Attributed Using Pen Names

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  • 800+ books and fragments
  • All written c. 168BC to 70AD
  • All kinds: all written in Hebrew/Aramaic

entire book of Isaiah, apocalyptic, and a “community rule”

  • Influence the NT through allusions and recurring ideas/themes

(but may link to John the Baptist?)

DSS or Qumran Scrolls

  • Born c. 15-10 (during reign of Herod the Great)
  • 35+ books & live in Alexandria (the diaspora)
  • Kinds: Essays on scripture, philosophy, religion,

contemporary events, people, groups using allegory to draw parallels between OT and Gr-Rom philosophy

  • Influence NT through allusions and recurring ideas/themes

(Paul’s allegory of Sarah & Hagar in Galatians 4)

Philo Judaeus Philo of Alexandria

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  • Born c. 37 AD (during reign of Caligula)
  • Raised in a family of priestly and royal? Descent
  • Studied Jewish laws & experienced life among Jewish groups
  • Commander in 1st Jewish War 66-70AD
  • 4 books history, autobiography and a defence of Judaism
  • Influences NT by providing info about 1st Century the

background and context of the NT

Flavius Josephus

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Josephus ben Matthias

  • Def: Aramaic Paraphrases of OT
  • Origin: Synagogues of the IT, NT, and …
  • Date: Some pre but most post NT
  • Influence: wording of OT in NT &

introduce ideas & themes echoed in the NT

The Targums & Early Rabbinical Literature

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  • Def: Collections of comments by Hakamin

(Pharasac rabbis) on Torah (Mishnah) &

  • ther OT books (Midrash)
  • Dates: ? To 6th C - most post NT, a few Pre
  • Names: MIshnah, Jerusalem Talmud,

Babylonian Talmud + early Midrashim the Tosefta, and the Gemara

The Targums & Early Rabbinical Literature Magical Texts Medical Texts Mystery Texts about Mystery Religions Mythical Texts And that’s just the M’s!

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“Alright, let’s start by having you look for wisdom & spirit in the Jewish stuff: in the Apocrypha; Ecclesiasticus & the Wisdom of Solomon. Then we’ll go on to the DSS & Philo … and then we’ll go back to Paul & John.”

Where does the Apocrypha come from? AND Why is it in some Bibles but not in mine?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LzGYlQTe3A

Where was the Apocrypha Hiding?

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A Canon is a “measuring stick” defining Christian faith & practice Roman Catholics, Orthodox, & Coptic “measure” the A “in” Some Protestants do too (Luth/Episc) BUT view it as “Deuterocanonical”

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Athanasius measures 39 books OT & 27 books NT AND includes Apocryphal books (367 AD) AND “canonizes” all of them.

The Muratorian Canon

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  • Pope Damscus presides over

the Council of Rome

  • Agrees with Athanasius
  • Asks Jerome to translate all

books into Latin (The Vulgate)

  • Leaders look behind Vulgate to “the canon of the

ancient church & the books of the Hebrew Bible.”

  • Luther and C of E include Apocrypha in 3rd section

REFORMATION

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The Westminster Confession The Belgic Confession

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Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah by George Nickelsburg Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies by Craig Evens www.earlyjewishwritings.com www.torreys.org/bible/

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