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Keith Essex
An Introduction to the Gospels


Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:


  1. An Introduction to the Gospels [MSB, 1343; ESVSB, 1811-13; NIVZSB, 1916-20; RSB, 1663-65; DJG, 93-100; CCC, 116-221]
    1. The Multiple Accounts (cf. 2 Kgs 24:1-25:21; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-30; 2 Chr 36:6-21)
    2. The Genre(s) [GNTI, 16-21; DJG, 335-42; Burridge, What Are the Gospels?]
      1. History: "Acts" (praxeis)
      2. "Memoirs" (apomnemoneumata)
      3. Biography: "Lives" (bioi)
      4. "Gospel"
    3. The Relationship between the Gospels [CBCNT, 94; GNTI, 21-27]
      Gospel
      Date
      Primary Audience
      Purpose
      MATTHEW
      AD 40-50
      Jewish
      Didactic
      MARK
      AD 64-68
      Gentile
      Evangelistic
      LUKE
      AD 58-60
      Gentile
      Didactic
      JOHN
      AD 80-90
      Jewish
      Evangelistic
    4. The Relationship between the Gospels and the Remainder of the New Testament
      MATTHEW
      MARK
      LUKE
      JOHN
      James
      Peter (2)
      Jude
      Acts
      Romans
      Corinthians (2)
      Galatians
      Ephesians
      Philippians
      Colossians
      Thessalonians (2)
      Timothy (2)
      Titus
      Philemon
      Hebrews
      John (3)
      Revelation

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