Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Explain the genre of the gospels

• Approach the account of Jesus’ life from a literary perspective

• Understand strategies for reading the gospels together

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: What Are the Gospels?

• The Meaning of “Gospel”

• Using the Bible Word Study to Discover Usages of the Word “Gospel”

• “Gospel” in the Gospels

• Gospels as Bios: Genre Options

• Customizing the Passage Guide to Look at Genre Coding

• Gospels as Bios: Adapting a Graeco-Roman Genre

• Gospels as Bios: Particular Aspects in the Gospels

• Gospels as Bios: Implications

• Gospels: A Fuller Definition

Unit 2: Why Do We Need the Gospels?

• The Gospels: Benign Neglect

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 1

• Using the Context Menu to Research “Abba”

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 2

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 3

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 4

• Finding Allusions to Exodus in the Gospel of Matthew

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 5

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 6

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 7

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 8

• Discovering Narrative Preaching Illustrations with the Sermon Starter Guide

• Why We Need the Gospels: Reason 9

Unit 3: How Do We Deal with Having Four Gospels?

• Introduction: To Harmonize or Not

• Four Gospel Accounts: The Angst

• Using Different Synopses to Analyze the Gospels

• Four Gospel Accounts: Harmonizing Solutions

• Four Gospel Accounts: The Joy

Unit 4: How Do We Read the Gospels?

• Cultural Hermeneutics: The Prodigal Son Goes to Russia

• Studying Background Information with the Faithlife Study Bible and Factbook

• Cultural Hermeneutics: The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross

• Narrative Analysis: Introduction

• Narrative Analysis: A Model for the Gospels

• Narrative Analysis: Method

• Narrative Analysis: Payoff and Limitations

• Narrative Analysis: Circles of Context

• Narrative Analysis: Application (Luke 7:1–10)

• Doing Narrative Analysis with the Explorer and Sentence Diagramming Tools

Unit 5: What Is Our Goal in Reading the Gospels?

• Introduction: Why We Ask the Question

• Centrality of the Gospels: Historical Arguments

• Searching for Early Church Uses of “Gospel" with the Bible Word Study Guide

• Centrality of the Gospels: Canonical and Theological Arguments

• Centrality of the Gospels: Implications

• Using the Topic Guide to Find a Gospel’s Themes in the Rest of Scripture

Details

• Title: NT301 The Gospels as Ancient Biography: A Theological and Historical Perspective

• Instructor: Jonathan T. Pennington

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 4