Reading Assignment: Text book page 30-55
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Questions for Study and Reflection
Please read the assigned text and answer the following questions before coming to the class.
With reference to An Introduction to Christology pp. 31-36
- What are the dominant images of Christ in the Gospel of Mark?
- What role does the behavior of the disciples play in highlighting these images?
- What implications do these images of Jesus have for those who would be his disciples?
With reference to An Introduction to Christology pp. 36-40
- What are the dominant images of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew?
- What is the relationship of the new law to the old in the Gospel of Matthew? Of the new lawgiver to the old?
- What implications do these images of Jesus have for those who would be his disciples?
With reference to An Introduction to Christology pp. 40-44
- What are the dominant images of Christ in the Gospel of Luke?
- What do these images of Jesus teach about the nature of God’s mercy?
- What implications do these images of Jesus have for those who would be his disciples?
With reference to An Introduction to Christology pp. 44-50
- What are the dominant images of Christ in the Gospel of John?
- What is distinctively different about the way the images of Jesus are presented in John compared to the synoptic gospels?
- What implications do these images of Jesus have for those who would be his disciples?
