Hello again third years!
I hope you are making good revision notes about Section A. As soon as you have finished Section A (today, please), you need to start revising Section B – Foundations of Religion – Christianity.
Reminder – you should already have a revision copy for Religion.
Take about two or three days to read and study chapters 5 – 9, paying attention to key terms, definitions, key people/groups, key messages/teachings of Jesus, conflict he faced, his death and resurrection, faith in Christ.
Make detailed notes in your revision copy under the following headings:
- The context of Jesus’ birth – map of Holy Land
- The Roman Empire
- Why the Jews and Romans did not get along
- Messianic Expectation
- Ancient Judaism
- All political and religious structures:
- Sadduccees, Zealots, Pharisees, Essenes, Sanhedrin, Tax Collectors
- Temple
- Synagogue
- Evidence about Jesus
- Sources of evidence:
- The Bible, The Old Testament, The New Testament, Gospel, Evangelists
- The three stages that led to the Gospels:
- 1. actual events; 2. preaching of disciples (oral); 3. writing of Gospels (written)
- From oral and writtten tradition
- Difference between documents of faith and historical documents
- Historical sources of evidence about Jesus (Josephus, Tacitus)
- The four Gospel writers:
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
- Synoptic Gospels
- How John’s Gospel is different
- The Kingdom of God
- What a parable is
- Why Jesus used parables
- Some parables in detail and the message Jesus was teaching
- What a miracle is
- Four types of miracle
- Why Jesus used miracles
- Some miracles and their powerful effect
- Meaning and importance of table fellowship
- Example of Zacchaeus
- Meaning and importance of discipleship
- The first disciples
- Disciple/Apostle
- Teaching of Jesus in the Beatitudes
- Vocation:
- Parents, teenagers, church leaders, individuals
- Mission
- Conflict with authority
- Jesus and the Saduccees
- Jesus and the Pharisees
- The events of Holy Week:
- When and why and how Jesus entered Jerusalem
- Cleansing of Temple
- Teaching in the Temple
- Judas’ deal
- The Last Supper and why it was a meal in the Passover tradition
- The arrest
- The two trials
- The humiliation
- The Sations of the Cross
- Those left behind
- The Resurrection & the appearances – as told by the Gospels
- Transformation & Presence
- Events after the Resurrection
- Ascension – meaning and significance
- Pentecost – meaning and significance
- Missionary work
- The first Christian communities
- Why it was a dangerous time
- Martyrdom
- St Stephen
- The story of St Paul
- Map of early Christian communities
- How the ‘People of God’ were established
- Different names and titles Jesus was known by:
- Son of Man, Son of God, New Creation, Christ/Messiah
Make sure you know all the details of each of the bullet point headings above. Keep up with the revision. More bullet point headings for Section C will be posted on Tuesday. Please remind your classmates to look at the blog.
Good luck everyone. Your hard work will pay off.