Talk:Gospels

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The synoptic gospels are pretty far from being identical. --AKjeldsenCum dissensie 05:51, 1 September 2008 (EDT)

Identical may have been a strong word, though they do follow the same timeline, have similar wording, etc. They are very similar. I'll change it to something a tad less absolute. --CSimpacted with knowledge 05:57, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
True, but their respective interpretations of what is going on are very different. Compare e.g. Mark's repeated mentions of the wp:Messianic_secret with Matthew's much stronger emphasis on the relationship between Jesus and the Jewish law. --AKjeldsenCum dissensie 06:04, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
I tried to touch on that in saying there are cultural additions. Of course there are going to be subtle differences; the messianic secret is also brought up in Matthew and Luke (and on a personal note very intriguing in my studies). The only point(s) I was trying to make were (a.)they are "synoptic", (b.)they generally follow the same timeline, and (c.)they tell the same story with few "variations." --CSimpacted with knowledge 06:10, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
If you can make it less ambiguous, you're more than welcome to redo it. I'm bored and hitting up red links. (-; --CSimpacted with knowledge 06:12, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
Just a thought; is refering to the "catholic church" likely to be taken as indicating the "Roman Catholic " church when the major decsions were taken long before Rome split from the rest of the Orthodox church? Mick McT 07:32, 1 September 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Contradictions

The Gospel of John's approach is very different: it is postulated that John is writing to Greek-speaking Jews who are not believers in Jesus, and to strengthen the faith of Christians.

John, being the most mystical and least "preachy" of the four canonical gospels, was likely written for like-minded pagans who were turned off by prophecy, theology, and rules.


Also, this article contains a lot of unsourced speculation. Most notable would be the evaluation of someone's political leanings depending on which gospels they preferred.--"Shut up, Brx." 20:16, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Wow, thanks. The 4 gosples "audiences" have been removed as those claims have nothing to do with anything currently discussed in academics. --Green mowse.pngGodotBe informed. Vote. 20:22, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I found sources for some of the material you took out, Dr. John Barnett teaches in further education.

I don't see anything there what would qualify Dr. John Barnett as reliable by mainstream wikipedia standards which IMHO we should be using as much as possible for our references. It says he was also a professor there (Grace Community Church) at the Master's Seminary and College. There is nothing that shows Barnett would be even remotely qualified as historical anthropologist, historian, or any other relevant field as far as regular wikipedia is concerned so I don't see why we should use his views here.--BruceGrubb (talk) 19:03, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
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