David Trobisch
Throckmorton- Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
  Email: DTrobisch@BTS.edu //  Curriculum Vitae / short CV // tel (207) 774 5212 x 205 //  fax (207) 874 2214

The Four Gospels
NT 1501 /1501p  David Trobisch

Bangor and Portland Campus -- Video link
Fall Semester 2005 / Wednesday 6:00-8:50 PM

Feedback

Please give me your brief feedback: what should I keep doing, what should I change when I teach this course again. (Read -- and react if you choose -- to feedback of class mates).

Book Reviews

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Book assignments [you will need Acrobat Reader and our class password to open the file]

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List of books to be reviewed 

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How to write a book review 

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Examples 

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Read book reviews submitted by class participants.

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Most popular books (class vote):

  1. Holcomb, Duncan. The Gospel According to Us: On the Relationship Between Jesus and Christianity. (Notre Dame: Cross Cultural Publications, Inc., 1997). 248 H697g [Audrey Naese].

  2. Horsley, Richard A.: Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001). 226.306 H787h.

  3. Price, Reynolds. Three Gospels (New York: Touchstone, 1996) BS2583.P74

Class Submissions

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Canonical Awareness in Matthew 1-8

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Parallels between Matthew and Mark

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Repetitions within Matthew

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Editorial elements in Matthew

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Peter as the narrative perspective in Mark

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Passages from Mark that Luke left out

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Perspective in Luke

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Dear Luke! Editorial suggestions.

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Rome-friendly bias in Luke's passion story

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The Gospel of John as a commentary on the Synoptic Gospels

Other Links

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Bulletin board

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FirstSearch: http://www.bts.edu/library/ILL.htm click on FirstSearch // The address for FirstSearch (works even when the BTS server is down): http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org.

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How to access the ATLAReligion database (password protected PDF file)

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How to write an exegetical paper // Guidelines for Oral Presentations

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Irenaeus, From the Lost Writings, Fragments 3 (Easter controversy)

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Judah ha Nasi  (PDF or on the web)

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Old Homework

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Questions and Answers (Relevant for Quiz 1) // Relevant for Quiz 2

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Syllabus // Class Schedule

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The Two-Source-Theory (Slides)

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