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Scholars for years have been trying to discover the problem and agreement. To start, we learned in class today that the first three gospels overlap. As seen in Mark 13:14 and Matthew’s parallel as well as Mark 2:10 and Matt 9:6, the agreement is often word-for-word. It is all given in the same context and… Continue reading What is the synoptic problem?

The part that I found the most interesting was Matthew’s characterization of Jesus. This is mainly due to Jesus’s compassion being a crucial part to the identity of Jesus to Matthew. This absolutely struck me because interpretation of the Bible is fascinating when there are analytics to something as small as Jesus’s compassion towards another.… Continue reading Gerd Theissan “The Saying Sources of Q”

Few have questioned Luke and Acts’ shared authorship for nearly 900 years. However, a comprehensive examination of the internal and external evidence demonstrates that this assumption is based on shakier ground than previously supposed. Patricia Walters’ groundbreaking research compares Luke and Acts using a novel statistical approach, revealing major changes in language style. A thorough… Continue reading Patricia Walters “The Synoptic Problem”

I found this to be particularly interesting many because I parts of the Book of Numbers and Levites for my Controversial research paper. It was very interesting mainly because my paper focused on abortion. I found it very interesting to discover that in the Book of Numbers, unfaithful women would have to drink a certain… Continue reading 2 Chronicles 29-35

“But if you will not listen, my should will weep in secret for your pride”. In class today we discussed how Jeremiah highlights that even though everything looks fine, it is actually quite disastrous. He is aware of the writings on the wall. He does not want to say these things but he feels like… Continue reading Jeremiah 1-4

This article discusses how even though the literature of the Bible had beauty in many places, there was also the darkness of sexism, violence and racism. The article uses the example of Mark 14:7 to exemplify that The Bible has been used to “legitimate an indifference for those victimized by capitalism”. I believe that this… Continue reading How Capitalism Echoes The Bible

This video and transcript discusses how the Bible considers the Christian religion to be monotheistic because of the belief of only one God. I find it so interesting how in other religions there are polytheistic which is the belief in many Gods. There is not a chance of proving or disproving these belief in gods… Continue reading Monotheism and The Bible

Yesterday we had our final drum circle and it was very emotional. We did the normal sing and dance part with the drums but we also knew it was the last one for the year. We all had fun and with everyone gathered one last time. I think I am actually starting to get good… Continue reading My final drum circle

This weekend for our ICR we presented our reflections of the past semester’s activities. It was a great practice to analyze what we truly learned and look back on the journey it has been getting to learn about the IACA and Benny and Kwan. This is an amazing opportunity to see how we have all… Continue reading IACA Wrap-Up

On Sunday October 3, I spent two hours at the Nur Allah weekend school.  All the students were here for the first time today.  I did a few different things today.  I began with the student with dyslexia, and I helped her red some children’s books.  I am still not sure how to help her. … Continue reading ICR 10/03