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2103: Suggested Tutorial Topics

  1. What is the most persuasive view of the literary relationships, or lack thereof, among the Synoptic Gospels, and what is at stake in the search for a solution to the Synoptic Problem?
  2. What is the relationship between Jesus’ teaching and Torah in the Gospel of Matthew?
  3. What is ‘the church’ supposed to look like according to Matthew?
  4. Is Matthew’s Christ a new David, Moses, Elijah or something altogether greater?
  5. Compare and contrast the motif of purity in the Gospels of Matthew and John.
  6. What is the fourth evangelist’s attitude to the miracles of Jesus?
  7. “You, though only a human being, are making yourself God” (John 10.33) Does John’s Gospel make Jesus God?
  8. What does Jesus’ death accomplish in John?

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Keble College OX1 3PG
Markus.Bockmuehl@keble.ox.ac.uk

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