10-08-2003, 09:04 AM
This is quite an important issue I wish to raise. Generally, scholarship has interpreted from the 4 gospels that Matt, Mark and Luke are 'synoptic' in the sense that they concord more with each other, whereas John doesn't. I think we can see from John's gospel the introduction of a view of Yishu that is heavily influenced by Greek ideas and culture. I believe in the synoptics we tend to get a more 'semitic' portrayal of Yishu than in John. Can we thus regard John's version of the gospel as truly authentic? Was the Church of the East willing from the start to accept John in the canon?
I ask this as one who is searching for the real Yishu <!-- s:bomb: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bomb.gif" alt=":bomb:" title="The Bomb" /><!-- s:bomb: -->
I ask this as one who is searching for the real Yishu <!-- s:bomb: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bomb.gif" alt=":bomb:" title="The Bomb" /><!-- s:bomb: -->
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