Comprehensive Exegesis

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Comprehensive Exegesis

• Putting it all to workfor you!

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Comparative Criticism

• The Questions we ask of the text are bound up
  with the methods we use
• Method is always determined by material.
• Depending on material, use source, form, or
  redaction criticism.
• Comparative criticism refers to HC analysis in
  the light of comparative material
• Closely associated with history of religions

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Example Lords Prayer
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Source Criticism

• Seems to be 2 versions of this prayer
• Matthew Luke (with subtle differences)
• Mark 1125-26
• And when you stand praying, if you hold anything
  against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father
  in heaven may forgive you your sins.
• Matthew and Luke seem to follow a pattern
  independent of Marks account

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Source Criticism

• Matthew 69-13
• Father in heaven
• Kingdom paralleled with will be done on earth as
  it is in heaven
• Bread to come today or this day (?)
• Forgiveness for debts (economic)
• But deliver us from evil
• Notice No doxology added later

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Source Criticism

• Luke 112-4
• Father
• Kingdom come (simple)
• Sinaiticus thy will be done!
• Give each day
• Forgive sins (moral, though often tied to
  economics) as we forgive those indebted
  (Greeksee NIV note v)
• Ends lead us not into temptation

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Source Criticism

• Interesting issues
• Matthew ties kingdom to will and earth
• Give today or each day
• Forgiveness of debts or sins?

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Source Criticism

• Kingdom tied to will earth
• Compare Jewish Benedictions
• What expectation for bread?
• Bauer epiousion According to Origen, coined by
  the evangelists! Jesus spoke Aramaic! Hapax
  Legoumenon
• Possibility for tomorrow, tied to eschatology.
• Compare Benediction speedily vs. today!
• The prayer changes our position in the world!
• Debts/Sins
• Luke asks forgiveness of sins, since we forgive
  debts.
• Economic in Matthew implies original

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Source Criticism

• Other minor points
• Matt in heaven Matthean circumlocution.
• Matt deliver us from the evil onein response
  to lead us not into temptation
• Can Q be reproduced? If so, Luke preserves
  length, Matthew preserves words.

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Source Criticism/Form Criticism

• Possible reconstruction of Q
• Father,
• Let your name be sanctified.
• Let your kingdom come.
• Give to us our bread for the morrowtoday!
• And forgive us our debts
• As also we have forgiven those indebted to us
• And lead us not into temptation.

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Form Criticism

• Compare Jewish Benedictions Old synagogue
  prayers.
• Matthew 6 three major religious duties
  almsgiving, prayer, and fasting
• Every part of the Lords prayer can be found in
  parallel, except the word we dont know!
• Is there any evidence that Lords Prayer (Q)
  originally Aramaic?
• Possibly Mt. 2326 / Lk 1141
• Dakkau (to cleanse) (HEBREW) vs. Zakkau (to give
  alms) (ARAMAIC)

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Redaction Criticism

• Matthew 6 Jewish form of rabbinical teaching on
  personal religious ritual habits
• Luke 11 Catechism on Prayer
• Points
• Matthew Jewish hope has come in the Messiah!
  Eschatology NOW! Disciples live in the kingdom
  presence!
• Luke Daily discipleship in daily grind.