Happy Thanksgiving weekend

Well, it's Saturday, and because of the storm, my parents decided to kick me out of the house a day early. Maybe it was a good thing- I just checked the road report, and apparently the road I live on is now closed. Hmm. Anyhow...



Parable- unfamiliar, uncanny, sacred, disrupted expectations, sacred
Expectations- seem familiar, ordinary, mundane
Hebrew Bible= Tanak- Torah (Law), Anavian (Prophets), Ketobim (Writings)
Canon- established sacred writings- canonized
Messiah- annointed
New Testament- 1. gospels (good news) - narrative, life of Jesus, sayings, meaning of Jesus- Luke/Acts 2. epistles - letters to a community - many by Paul 3. apocalypse (Revelation)
1. exclusive Yahwism - montheism 2. Social Justice
Mark (1st written), Matthew, Luke - synoptics
John - latest of the gospels; not synoptic because more spiritualized
Thomas - rediscovered 20th century/ placed anywhere from earliest to 4th century- mostly a collection of Jesus' sayings (reason for earlier view)
Esoteric- a secret saying- secret/ mysterious/ unnameable
Mashal- proverb